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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 8 FII indicators and their corresponding weights

From: Financial inclusion also leads to social inclusion—myth or reality? Evidences from self-help groups led microfinance of Assam

Indicators

Sources of finance

Descriptions

Nature of the variable

Weights

Formal credit

From formal agencies directly and/or through SHG during Survey (during 2016)

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.124

Otherwise = 0

From formal agencies directly and/or through SHG during Survey (during 2017)

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.105

Otherwise = 0

From formal agencies directly and/or through SHG during Survey (during 2018)

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.079

Otherwise = 0

Regular repayment of loan

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.094

Otherwise = 0

Received loan during emergency

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.087

Otherwise = 0

Savings

Operating SB Account in Bank/Post office/Co-operative Banks

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.120

Otherwise = 0

Fixed Deposit or Recurring Deposit Account with Institutional Agencies

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.087

Otherwise = 0

Savings in SHG

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.101

Otherwise = 0

Insurance

Any source/type of insurance

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.110

Otherwise = 0

Transaction services

Usages of ATM/Debit Card/Cheque

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.085

Otherwise = 0

Banking knowledge

Knowledge of banking procedure after joining SHG

Yes = 1

Categorical

0.024

Otherwise = 0

SHG operation

Facing problem of getting loan through SHG

Yes = 0

Categorical

0.070

Otherwise = 1

  1. Source: Authors’ own calculation based on primary data