Integgra is pleased to announce a public data release for the Bangladesh Women’s Life Choices and Attitudes Survey (WiLCAS) through the Harvard Dataverse.

WiLCAS is a nationally representative survey of women in Bangladesh conducted in 2014 by the University of Kent and the University of Malaya for the research project “The Role of Secondary Schooling and Gender Norms in the Long-Term Opportunities and Choices of Rural Bangladeshi Women” funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 

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Further details about the survey are available hereThe data will made public in four phases as follows:

  1. Individual Interviews with Female Respondents, Selected Modules
  2. Individual Interviews with Female Respondents, All Modules
  3. Household Survey
  4. School Survey

The Female Respondent Modules included in the first phase of the data release are as follows:

MODULE B : PERSONAL BACKGROUND

MODULE C: INFORMATION ABOUT SIBLINGS

MODULE C2: ADDRESS INFORMATION FOR SISTERS

MODULE D:  MIGRATION

MODULE E: EDUCATION

MODULE E2: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

MODULE F: ILLNESSES

MODULE G: MARRIAGE

MODULE H:  INFORMATION ON CHILDREN

MODULE I1: EMPLOYMENT STATUS

MODULE I2:  ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND WAGE EMPLOYMENT

MODULE I3. DAILY WAGES

MODULE I4: PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES

MODULE J: NGO MEMBERSHIP AND SOCIAL PARTICIPATION            

MODULE K: SOCIAL NORMS RELATED TO PURDAH, WOMEN’S MOBILITY AND MARRIAGE

MODULE L: HOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING

MODULE M: MENTAL WELL-BEING, LIFE SATISFACTION, HAPPINESS & STRESS

MODULE M7:  TIME AND RISK PREFERENCE

MODULE N: SOCIAL NETWORK

MODULE O: ATTITUDES TOWARDS SOCIAL AND GENDER NORMS

MODULE P: MORAL NORMS

MODULE Q: ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS

MODULE R: MOTHERS' BELIEFS ABOUT THE HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION OF THEIR CHILDREN

MODULE S: MEDIA PUBLICITY AND INFORMATION

LITERACY AND NUMERACY

RAVEN’S TEST

Documentation and download instructions for the data is available from the Harvard Dataverse webpage for WiLCAS.

Academics and graduate students are free to use the data for their own research, duly acknowledging the source (see below). They may also contact Integgra researchers with proposals for joint work.

Contact information for any queries relating to the data release is available here.

Suggested citation for data use: Asadullah, M.N., and Z. Wahhaj (2021). ‘Bangladesh Women’s Life Choices and Attitudes Survey’. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/14CT0S