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Table 1 Remittance uses

From: Financial development and the end-use of migrants' remittances

Remittance use

Share of responses (%)

Food and maintenance

93.54

Construction or repair of home

26.71

Purchase of home or lot

2.93

Vehicle

1.71

Tools

1.10

Livestock

1.10

Agricultural inputs

0.61

Consumer goods

10.24

Start or expand a business

2.44

Education

35.85

Health care

24.51

Pay debt

13.78

Special event

1.46

Entertainment

0.98

Savings

8.17

Other

3.29

  1. Source: Author’s Calculation using MMP124.
  2. Note: Since households can report multiple uses, shares do not sum to 100%.