| dc.contributor.author | Wasswa, Hassan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-07T12:44:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-07T12:44:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-03-23 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wasswa, H. (2022). Factors affecting use of mobile money services in Uganda. (Unpublished Undergraduate Dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/13416 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Quantitative Economics of Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The use of mobile money is part of the major sub-Saharan policies to improve financial inclusion
of its citizens. The purpose of the study was to determine the factors affecting the use of mobile
money in Uganda. A probit regression model was run to on 2017 World Bank’s Global Findex
data on financial inclusion in which Uganda’s data is inclusive. The findings indicated that The
probability of the respondent using mobile money services is significantly influenced by gender
category of being male RRR (0.482**) at 5% level of significance, being < 18 years RRR
(0.457***) at 10% level of significance, having high income RRR (0.397***) at 10% level of
significance and convenience of mobile money services RRR (0.640***). The findings of the
study are in agreement with (Demirgüç-kunt et al., 2020) who indicated that income level, the
ease and accessibility of mobile money points influenced west African use of mobile money
services. From policy point of view the study recommended that for any government program
aimed at financial inclusion it should target the population based on. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | mobile money | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors affecting use of mobile money services in Uganda | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
