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Comprehensive Baseline Study on Digital Remittances 2016, Demand-side Survey of Low-income Jordanians and Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Jordan, 2016
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WBG_JOR_2016_DR-BL_v01_M
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IPSOS Public Affairs, IPSOS Jordan
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    Survey ID number

    WBG_JOR_2016_DR-BL_v01_M

    Title

    Comprehensive Baseline Study on Digital Remittances 2016

    Subtitle

    Demand-side Survey of Low-income Jordanians and Syrian Refugees in Jordan

    Country
    Name Country code
    Jordan JOR
    Study type

    Other Household Survey

    Series Information

    This is the baseline survey.

    Abstract

    The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have conducted a baseline demand-side study of person-to-person (P2P) remittances in Jordan to gather insight into existing customers, non-customers and potential customers. This study informed the implementation of a larger project to improve access to remittances and other financial services through digital solutions for financially excluded groups. The focal population for this study was low-income Jordanians (defined as those with a monthly household income of under 400 Jordanian Dinars) and Syrian refugees who have been in Jordan for at least a year.

    The study focused on remittance activity and awareness and access to technology, with market forecasting for a digital remittance product. Key findings elicited insights into potential barriers to a digital remittance product, as well as enabling factors, and revealed a small market opportunity.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals, households

    Scope

    Notes

    Section One: Screener
    • Nationality
    • Location inside or outside of camps (for Syrian refugees)
    • Location in Jordan
    • Age
    • Gender
    • Monthly household income
    • Monthly individual income

    Section Two: Household Income and Finances
    • Types of household and individual income earned
    • Confirmation of monthly household and individual income
    • Method of receiving income for each type of income selected
    • Location of income received for each type of income selected
    • Variation of household income
    • Action taken with leftover money

    Section Three: Opinions About Financial Institutions and Services
    • Awareness of different financial institutions and services
    • Usage of financial institutions and services, for each service that respondent was aware of
    • Use of forms of financing and insurance
    • Ownership of financial services that respondent reported using
    • Location of financial services that respondent reported using
    • Perceived trustworthiness of financial services that respondent reported using
    • Reasons for not using specific financial services or institutions, for each financial service respondent reported not using
    • Desire to learn more about financial services and institutions not used

    Section Four: Mobile Wallet
    • Ability to name mobile wallet services in an unprompted manner
    • Awareness of other people who have mobile wallet services
    • Type of ID required to open mobile wallet account, if respondent reported using it in Section 3

    Section Five: Remittances Screener
    • Reported giving or sending of money to relatives or friends in the past year
    • For those who reported giving or sending money, location of money sent (up to 3 locations domestically and 3 locations internationally possible)
    • Reported receiving of money from relatives or friends in the past year
    • For those who reported receiving money, location of money sent (up to 3 locations domestically and 3 locations internationally possible)

    Section Six: Remittances Sent
    • Purpose of money sent, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Frequency of money sent, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Total value of money sent, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Amount of money per transaction, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Amount of fees paid per transaction, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Minimum amount of money sent, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Person money sent to, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Method of sending money, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Name of service used, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Method recipient uses to receive money sent to them, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Name of mobile wallet service used, of those who reported using a mobile wallet as the method of sending money
    • Reason for choosing service, for each method selected for sending money
    • Dissatisfaction with service, for each method selected for sending money
    • Cost of services for methods selected for sending money
    • Length of time for money to be transferred, for methods selected for sending money
    • Problems experienced when trying to send money, for each location reported in Section 5

    Section Seven: Remittances Received
    • Purpose of money received, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Frequency of money received, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Total value of money received, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Amount of money per transaction, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Amount of fees paid per transaction, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Minimum amount of money received, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Person money received from, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Method of receiving money, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Name of service used, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Method sender uses to send money received, for each location reported in Section 5
    • Name of mobile wallet service used, of those who reported using a mobile wallet as the method of receiving money
    • Reason for choosing service, for each method selected for receiving money
    • Dissatisfaction with service, for each method selected for receiving money
    • Cost of services for methods selected for receiving money
    • Length of time for money to be transferred, for methods selected for receiving money
    • Problems experienced when trying to receive money, for each location reported in Section 5

    Section Eight: Information and Technology
    • Access to mobile phones
    • Ownership of SIM cards for shared phones
    • Activities on mobile phones
    • Frequency of internet access
    • Perceived trustworthiness of different sources of information on financial products and services

    Section Nine: Potential Services
    • Reasons for instances in the past year when respondent wanted to receive money domestically and internationally, but couldn’t
    • Reasons for instances in the past year when respondent wanted to send money domestically and internationally, but couldn’t
    • Prompted awareness of mobile wallets
    • Prompted awareness of specific mobile wallet services
    • Concept testing for sending money internationally
    • Concept testing for sending money domestically
    • Concept testing for receiving money internationally
    • Concept testing for receiving money domestically
    • Ideal length of time it takes to both send and receive money
    • Ideal length of transaction time to both send and receive money
    • Ideal travel cost
    • Ideal transaction cost

    Section Ten: Demographics
    • Highest level of education completed
    • Current work situation
    • Size of household
    • Person in household responsible for making financial decisions
    • Number of financial connections outside of the household
    • Number of people financially responsible for
    • Location of people financially responsible for
    • Location in Jordan of people financially responsible for
    • Number of people financially dependent on
    • Location of people financially dependent on
    • Location in Jordan on individuals financially dependent on
    • Home in Syria (for Syrian refugees)
    • General numeracy skills
    • Current identification in possession
    • Permission to work in Jordan (for Syrian refugees)

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    West Amman, East Amman, Irbid, Zarqa, Mafraq, Karak, Ma’an, Azraq refugee camp, Zaatari refugee camp

    Universe

    Low-income Jordanians and Syrian refugees

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    IPSOS Public Affairs, IPSOS Jordan
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Jordan office Participation in questionnaire design
    Consultative Group to Assist the Poor The World Bank Participation in questionnaire design
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The quantitative survey consisted of two independent samples:

    • n= 1,091 low-income Jordanians (defined as those with less than 400JD of household income per month)
    • n= 1,041 Syrian refugees living in Jordan

    Quotas were used for both groups so the sample better represented available univariate population data in terms of geographic distribution, age and gender.
    Refer to “Digittances Quantitative Data User Guide” for more information.

    Weighting

    No weighting applied

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Refer to “Digittances Quantitative Data User Guide”

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2016-05-26 2016-06-05 Wave 1 (pre-Ramadan)
    2016-07-10 2016-07-31 Wave 2 (post-Ramadan)
    Data Collectors
    Name
    IPSOS Jordan
    Supervision

    Refer to “Digittances Quantitative Data User Guide”

    Data Collection Notes

    The quantitative interviews were carried out face-to-face using computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) between 11th and 25th of June 2016, and 15th July and 9th of August 2016.6 To ensure data quality, 29% of face-to-face interviews were accompanied by a supervisor, and call-backs were made to 43% of the sample to verify responses. The final data were not weighted since overall population data are unreliable and thus are not suitable for use as weighting targets. All interviews were conducted in Arabic by native speakers.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    In addition to the quality control conducted during fieldwork, data cleaning was conducted after fieldwork was completed. This included checks for internal consistency, missing variables, blank variables, and outliers. Ipsos data storage is audited annually as part of our ISO 27001 and 20252 accreditations and is compatible with security accreditation.

    Data Access

    Access conditions

    Direct access

    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:

    IPSOS Jordan, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Consultative Group to Assist the Poor(CGAP). Comprehensive Baseline Study on Digital Remittances 2016, Demand-side survey of low-income Jordanians and Syrian refugees in Jordan Sample survey, 2016. Ref. WBG_JOR_2016_DR-BL_v01_M. Downloaded from [URL] on [Date]

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation URL
    Microdata Library World Bank microdata.worldbank.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_WBG_JOR_2016_DR-BL_v01_M_WB

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2017-07-20

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (July 2017)

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