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Financial behaviour survey, 2022

Malaysia, 2023
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Reference ID
UNHCR_MYS_2022_fin_anon_data_v2.1
Producer(s)
UNHCR
Collections
Asia Pacific
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jun 22, 2023
Last modified
Jul 03, 2023
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  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_MYS_2022_fin_anon_data_v2.1

    Title

    Financial behaviour survey, 2022

    Country
    Name Country code
    Malaysia MYS
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

    Abstract

    The financial behaviours survey aim to collect general information on financial and digital literacy of refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia for the purpose of understanding their familiarity with and interest in financial and digital services. The survey was administered via phone calls, where respondents were identified through a random sampling of individuals aged 18-59 registered with UNHCR, and have updated their contact numbers with UNHCR in the last 6 months.

    A majority of respondents are able to confidently make calculations and transact with money without errors. As a result of regulatory challenges, only 35.8% of respondents owned SIM cards registered under their own names. 89% of respondents own a smartphone, with the most frequently used mobile apps being Whatsapp, followed by Facebook, Youtube, imo and TikTok. While respondents seem to understand the value of financial services, only 11% actually own an account at a financial institutions due to regulatory barriers. A majority of respondents also rely on informal services for sending or receiving money either locally (within Malaysia) or internationally. In addition to this, 84.9% reported not having any savings whatsoever, which indicates respondents' limited resilience capacities to withstand sudden shocks or stressors.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households and Individual

    Version

    Version Description

    v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data

    Version Date

    2023-06-15

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic
    Protection
    Livelihood and Social cohesion
    Domestic Needs/Household Support
    Connectivity

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Universe

    Registered Refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia 2022

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Simple Random Sampling

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2023-01-28 2023-02-10
    Mode of data collection
    • Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR (2023). Malaysia: Financial behaviour survey, 2022. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_MYS_2022_fin_anon_data_v2.1

    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2023-06-22

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