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EMERGE Gender Questions
Social Norms and Gender Roles
Social Gender Role Norms
The following questions will ask you about what your community thinks about the way boys/men and girls/women should act, as well
as how people think you should act based on your being male/female.
How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
a. Agree/Partially Agree
b. Disagree/Partially Disagree
1. Our culture makes it harder for girls to achieve their goals than boys
a b
2. Adolescent girls in my community are more likely to be out of school than adolescent boys
a b
3. Girls in my community are sent to school only if they are not needed to help at home
a b
4. Most people in my community expect girls to be sent to school only if they are not needed at home
a b
5. Most boys and girls in my community do not share household tasks equally
a b
6. Most people in my community expect men to have the final word about decisions in the home
a b
7. Most people in my community do not expect girls and boys to share household tasks equally
a b
8. Most men in my community are the ones who make the decisions in their home
a b
9. Most women in my community have the same chance to work outside the home as men
a b
10. Most people in my community expect women to have the same chance to work outside the home as men
a b
11. Most adolescent girls in my community marry before the age of 18 years
a b
12. Adults in my community expect adolescent girls to get married before the age of 18 years
a b
13. Most families in my community control their daughters’ behaviors more than their sons’ behaviors
a b
14. Most people in my community expect families to control their daughter’s behavior more than their sons’
behaviors
a b
Source: Baird, S., Bhutta, Z. A., Hamad, B. A., Hicks, J. H., Jones, N., & Muz, J. (2019). Do restrictive gender attitudes and norms influence physical and mental health during very young
Adolescence? Evidence from Bangladesh and Ethiopia. SSM Popul Health , 9, 100480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100480. See EMERGE-
https://emerge.ucsd.edu/r_1q503c5n20z3lyv2/
Gender Role Attitudes
Now we would like to ask you what you think about the way men and women should act.
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neither Agree Nor Disagree
d. Disagree
e. Strongly Disagree
*Note: You may also wish to use the same scales for this section and the prior section, for ease of use, but if so, please test first.
1. Changing diapers, giving the kids a bath, and feeding the kids are the mothers’ responsibility.
a b c d e
2. A man is the one who decides when to have sex with his wife.
a b c d e
3. Only when a woman has a child is she a real woman.
a b c d e
4. If a woman wants to avoid being pregnant, it is her responsibility alone.
a b c d e
5. It’s better to have more sons than daughters in a family.
a b c d e
6. Women have the same rights as men to work and study outside of their home.
a b c d e
7. A couple should decide together how many children to have.
a b c d e
8. Men should help with the household duties.
a b c d e
9. It is just as important for a girl to go to school as it is for a boy to go to school.
a b c d e
Source: Wegs, C., Creanga, A. A., Galavotti, C., & Wamalwa, E. (2016). Community dialogue to shift social norms and enable family planning: an evaluation of the fam ily planning results
initiative in Kenya. PloS One, 11(4), e0153907. See EMER GE- https://emerge.ucsd.edu/r_1d4vezzbbsivbc5/
