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Credit market access in Uganda: evidence from household survey data 1999/2000

FN Okurut, GA Schoombee
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences | Vol 10, No 3 | a696 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v10i3.696 | © 2013 FN Okurut, GA Schoombee | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 July 2013 | Published: 11 July 2013

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FN Okurut,, Botswana
GA Schoombee, University of Stellenbosch

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This study investigated the individual and household characteristics that influenced credit market access in Uganda using household data for 1999/2000. The results suggest that credit market access was significantly influenced by gender, household wealth, age, regional location, and urban/rural location.

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