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.
Further details about the survey are available here. The data will made public in four phases as follows:
- Individual Interviews with Female Respondents, Selected Modules
- Individual Interviews with Female Respondents, All Modules
- Household Survey
- 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