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This study examined the dynamics of different levels of digital financial inclusion (DFI) in Türkiye within the framework of individuals' basic financial behaviours and socioeconomic conditions and investigated factors that may affect the utilisation rate of DFI. Accordingly, findings from the 2017-2021 World Bank Global Findex dataset were estimated using the ordered logit model. The concept of DFI, which is becoming increasingly important, underscores that financial systems should have two basic conditions. First, the ability of those who can access financial systems digitally should be as high as possible. Second, these actors with access to financial systems should also have sufficient utilisation rates of the relevant financial instruments. In this respect, by focusing on the determinants of this second condition, the study fills a gap in the literature and provides clues for policy recommendations. These findings provide empirical evidence for our motivation. In this respect, the results clearly show that socioeconomic factors, such as education level and income level, as well as financial behaviours, such as formal savings and borrowing, should be taken into account when expanding DFI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the possible effects of social factors and attitudes towards risk, including financial specialists, media, politicians, religious/spiritual opinion leaders, and business circles, on individuals' preferences for selected traditional, risky, and innovative financial assets. The concrete outputs of the study obtained with the help of the logit model are based on the micro data set of the 2019 Household Financial Perception and Attitude Survey published by the Finance Office of the Presidency of Türkiye. The findings confirm that increases in individuals' attitudes towards risk will increase the probability of choosing risky and innovative assets and diversified portfolio compositions with these assets. On the other hand, individuals' financial asset choices are significantly influenced by social/environmental factors. More strikingly, it should be emphasized that among these factors, the positive effects of financial professionals are lower than those of the business environment, religious/spiritual opinion leaders, and the media. It is essential to carefully monitor the effects of media and religious/opinion leaders, especially when shifting to riskier assets and their combinations in terms of financial assets, in order to formulate policy recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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