FinScope, a FinMark Trust initiative, is the most comprehensive national household survey focused on the financial services needs and usage across the entire South African population.

The Finscope database offers data on:

• Income and employment
• Household ownership and details on structure, utilities, and facilities
• Ownership of large and small durable items
• Use of financial services and products (Investments, Insurance, Burial Society, Stokvel, Retail Accounts, Banking Loans)
• Financial household risk management and coping strategies
• Psychographics on banking and finance issues as well as personal well-being and outlook
• Language
• Communications- cell phone, telephone, basic questions on Internet usage