Attitudes Towards Gender Discrimination uses 4 items from the CARE Tipping Point Bangladesh baseline survey among women and men over 25 years of age. Items reflect on gender discrimination among sons and daughters in the family.
Geographies Tested: Bangladesh
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range: Adults
1. It is important that sons and daughters have equal education
2. Daughters should be sent to school only if they are not needed to help at home
3. If there is a limited amount of money to pay for tutoring, it should be spent equally on daughters and sons
4. Since girls have to get married they should not be sent for higher education
Response Options:
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Score of the scale ranges from 0 – 12 , where higher score refers to high discriminatory attitudes.
Parvin, K., Nunna, T. T., Mamun, M. A., Talukder, A., Antu, J. F., Siddique, A. A., Kalra, S., Laterra, A., Sprinkel, A., Stefanik, L., & Naved, R. T. (2019). Tipping Point project: Report of the baseline study findings from Bangladesh. https://care.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Baseline-report_TP-_FINAL_March-30.pdf
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