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How do Canadians perceive access to cash? / by Heng Chen, Daneal O’Habib and Hongyu Xiao.FB3-7/2024-24E-PDF

"This paper introduces a subjective measure of cash accessibility in Canada, complementing existing distance-based metrics developed by Chen, O’Habib and Xiao (2023). Analyzing data from the 2023 Methods-of-Payment Survey, this study explores how Canadians perceive their ease of accessing cash from automated banking machines (ABMs) and financial institution branches. The results reveal strong alignment between subjective perceptions and distance-based metrics, with most Canadians reporting easy access to cash sources. Those who reported lower perceived cash accessibility need to travel longer distances and tend to be young, university-educated, low-income, unemployed or cashless"--Abstract, page iii.

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Department/Agency
  • Bank of Canada, issuing body.
TitleHow do Canadians perceive access to cash? / by Heng Chen, Daneal O’Habib and Hongyu Xiao.
Series title
  • Staff analytical note = Note analytique du personnel, 2369-9639 ; 2024-24
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "Last updated: October 29, 2024."
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2024.
  • ©2024
Author / Contributor
  • Chen, Heng, 1981- author.
Description1 online resource (iii, 10 pages) : charts.
Catalogue number
  • FB3-7/2024-24E-PDF
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