Rwanda - FinScope 2024, Financial Inclusion in Rwanda

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RWA-NISR-FINSCOPE-2024-v01

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Rwanda

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Access to Finance Rwanda

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Mastercard Foundation - - Funders of Finscope
Swedish International Cooperation Agency - Sida - Funders of Finscope
Luxembourg Cooperation - - Funders of Finscope
Jersey Overseas Aid - JOA - Funders of Finscope
Rwanda Bankers Associat

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Jul 09, 2025

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E7a. What did you mainly do to pay for things when this happened? (e7a)
File: Microdata

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-98

Valid cases: 11171
Invalid: 2823

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Used savings from a bank or other formal financial institution	303	2.7%
2	An informal institution such as savings group, village association etc	268	2.4%
3	Sold asset(s)	420	3.8%
4	Got an advance on your salary	82	0.7%
5	Borrowed money from a bank or other formal financial institution	157	1.4%
6	Borrowed money from a group they belong to (savings group, cooperative, community/village/trade association)	2219	19.9%
7	Borrowed from a moneylender in the community	115	1.0%
8	Borrowed from savings/thrift collector/merchant	62	0.6%
9	Borrowed from family/friends	671	6.0%
10	Cut down on other expenses	1508	13.5%
11	Bought goods on credit	545	4.9%
12	Received gifts/donations/contributions from friends/family	229	2.0%
13	Did nothing specific (waited, prayed)	3475	31.1%
98	Other, specify	1117	10.0%
Sysmiss		2823

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