Czynniki determinujące zachowania wiejskich gospodarstw domowych na rynku płatności bezgotówkowych

The article aims at characterization and assessment of financial behaviours of rural dwellers on non-cash payment markets and identification of factors determining the intensity of using individual methods of payment by the inhabitants of rural areas. The main source of data used for analysis was information originating from the authors’ own investigations (a group of 500 rural households). The work made use of funnel index. As results from the conducted studies, forms of payment used by rural dwellers depend on many variables, of demographic, economic and psychological character. Non-cash payments are more frequently used by younger persons, possessing secondary education, persons characterized by a higher level of financial awareness, households with higher incomes and respondents deriving income from permanent employment. Also persons who trust financial institutions. A significant barrier to using non-cash payment instruments by the rural dwellers was a limited access to non-cash channels.