Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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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Main Authors: Ahmed, Tanima, Kotikula, Aphichoke
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
SAFETY PERCEPTIONS
WORK LOCATION
WOMEN AND EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/629261628580364879/Women-s-Employment-and-Safety-Perceptions-Evidence-from-Low-income-Neighborhoods-of-Dhaka-Bangladesh
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spelling okr-10986-361692021-08-19T05:10:38Z Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh Ahmed, Tanima Kotikula, Aphichoke GENDER INNOVATION LAB VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION SAFETY PERCEPTIONS WORK LOCATION WOMEN AND EMPLOYMENT 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. 2021-08-18T16:56:54Z 2021-08-18T16:56:54Z 2021-08 Brief 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 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia Bangladesh
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topic GENDER INNOVATION LAB
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
SAFETY PERCEPTIONS
WORK LOCATION
WOMEN AND EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle GENDER INNOVATION LAB
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
SAFETY PERCEPTIONS
WORK LOCATION
WOMEN AND EMPLOYMENT
Ahmed, Tanima
Kotikula, Aphichoke
Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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description 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.
format Brief
author Ahmed, Tanima
Kotikula, Aphichoke
author_facet Ahmed, Tanima
Kotikula, Aphichoke
author_sort Ahmed, Tanima
title Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_short Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_full Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_fullStr Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions : Evidence from Low-income Neighborhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_sort women’s employment and safety perceptions : evidence from low-income neighborhoods of dhaka, bangladesh
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url 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
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