Global ID Coverage, Barriers, and Use by the Numbers : An In-Depth Look at the 2017 ID4D-Findex Survey
The ID4D-Findex data was collected as part of the 2017 round of the World Bank's Global Findex survey, carried out by Gallup, Inc. as part of its Gallup World poll. The survey was conducted on representative samples of the non-institutionalize...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/727021583506631652/Global-ID-Coverage-Barriers-and-Use-by-the-Numbers-An-In-Depth-Look-at-the-2017-ID4D-Findex-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33430 |
| Summary: | The ID4D-Findex data was collected as
part of the 2017 round of the World Bank's Global
Findex survey, carried out by Gallup, Inc. as part of its
Gallup World poll. The survey was conducted on
representative samples of the non-institutionalized civilian
population over age 15.8 The survey included three questions
related to ID that were asked in 97 countries: (1) whether
or not a person had their country's national ID or
equivalent foundational ID credential; (2) for those with
the ID, whether they had used it for specific purposes; and
(3) for those without the ID, what their reasons were for
not having one. In five economies with no ID system or very
limited coverage, people were asked a single question on
whether or not they had been unable to access certain
services due to lack of identity documents (see Annex 2 for
full text of questions). Combined with other
individual-level indicators from the 2017 Global Findex,
these data provide new insights into who has an ID, how they
are used, and persistent barriers to access. At the same
time, the data have some limitations. First, while the
ID4D-Findex questions cover countries that represent close
the three-quarters of the world's population, they do
not cover all countries. For example, most high-income
countries, some low- and middle-income countries, and some
smaller economies are not included. In total, the countries
included in the ID4D-Findex data account for a little over
80 percent of the population in low and lower-middle income
countries. Second, the Findex survey is limited to people
ages 15 and older, and therefore does not capture the
identity gap or correlates of identification for the
youngest people. Importantly, we have restricted the
analysis in this paper to those respondents who are above
the age when the ID is mandatory, using information from the
ID4D Global Dataset. In countries where the mandatory ID age
is greater than 15 years old, excluding these observations
provides more conservative estimates of the gap in
identification than if they were included, as young people
may not have an ID simply because they are not yet eligible
or required to have one. |
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