The impact of contactless payment on cash usage at an early stage of diffusion

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Table 3 Adoption and usage rate of payment cards in the 2009–2013 surveys

Variable	Mean	SD	Obs.
Contactless credit cards	0.095	0.294	5659
Contactless debit cards	0.103	0.304	5657
Credit cards	0.759	0.428	5628
Debit cards	0.78	0.414	5620
Credit card usage	0.613	0.487	5625
Debit card usage	0.63	0.483	5619

Usage describes the fact that respondents make the corresponding type of payment at least once in a typical month. Survey weights used