Data in Brief (Apr 2023)

Interpersonal lending network dataset of a Hungarian village in a disadvantaged region based on a quantitative survey

  • Márton Gosztonyi,
  • Dániel Havran,
  • Zoltán Pollák,
  • Edina Berlinger

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 47
p. 108946

Abstract

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The dataset presented in this paper consists of a network of interpersonal lending relations from a single village of a deprivated area of Hungary. The data are originated from quantitative surveys from May 2014 to June 2014. The data collection was embedded in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) which aimed to investigate the financial survival strategies of low-income households in a Hungarian village in a disadvantaged region. The directed graphs of lending and borrowing are a unique dataset that empirically captures a hidden and informal financial activity between households. The network contains 164 households and 281 credit connections among them.

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