FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND HOUSEHOLD POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM THE RURAL WA WEST DISTRICT OF GHANA

This spreadsheet contains the data extracted from questionnaires administered for the study on the topic "FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND HOUSEHOLD POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM THE RURAL WA WEST DISTRICT OF GHANA".

This data contains responses from 358 households statistically selected from a population of 23,615 households representing 222 communities within 5 area councils across Wa West District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Wa West District is located in the western part of the region and shares physical boundaries with Nadowli-Kaleo District to the North, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District to the South, Wa Municipal to the East, and the Republic of Burkina Faso to the West.

The data is collected on; (i) Respondent/ Hosehold Demographics (ii) Ownership and usage of account (iii) Frequency of Savings (iv) Withdrawals (v) Access to and usage of Credit (vi) Access to and usage Insurance (vii) Financial Advice (viii) Household Consumption Expenditure (ix)Advancing Financial Inclusion to Reduce Poverty.

The questionnaire designed and used for the study is attached to the data.

本电子表格包含针对题为「金融普惠（Financial Inclusion）与家庭贫困：来自加纳瓦西区的实证证据」的研究所发放问卷提取的全部数据。
该数据的有效回复样本来自加纳上西区（Upper West Region）瓦西区（Wa West District）下辖5个区域议会（Area Councils）所辖222个社区的23615户家庭总体中，通过统计抽样选取的358户家庭。瓦西区地处该区域西部，北邻纳多利-卡莱奥区（Nadowli-Kaleo District），南接绍拉-图纳-卡尔巴区（Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District），东连瓦市政区（Wa Municipal），西与布基纳法索共和国接壤。
本次采集的数据涵盖以下维度：(i) 受访者/家庭人口统计学特征；(ii) 账户持有与使用情况；(iii) 储蓄频率；(iv) 取款行为；(v) 信贷获取与使用情况；(vi) 保险获取与使用情况；(vii) 金融咨询服务；(viii) 家庭消费支出；(ix) 推进金融普惠以减缓贫困相关内容。
本研究所设计并使用的调查问卷已随本数据集一同附呈。