Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh
This brief uses the 2018 Dhaka Low-Income Area Gender, Inclusion, and Poverty (DIGNITY) survey to assess the gender gap in safety perceptions and analyze the correlation between women’s safety perception and their labor market outcomes. The analysi...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/629261628580364879/Women-s-Employment-and-Safety-Perceptions-Evidence-from-Low-income-Neighborhoods-of-Dhaka-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36169 |
| Summary: | This brief uses the 2018 Dhaka
Low-Income Area Gender, Inclusion, and Poverty (DIGNITY)
survey to assess the gender gap in safety perceptions and
analyze the correlation between women’s safety perception
and their labor market outcomes. The analysis shows that
women are significantly less likely than men to feel safe in
the low-income neighborhoods of Dhaka. While the percentage
of women who reported feeling safe increased with age,
living standard, and the availability of streetlights, the
percentage of women who reported feeling safe decreased with
education and concern of eviction. The analysis further
shows that this gender gap in safety perception
disproportionately hurt women’s labor market outcomes. Women
who feel safe are much more likely to be economically
active, work outside their neighborhoods, and explore
economic opportunities. |
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