Parental educational aspiration and gender inequality of rural children in Bangladesh: The role of parental attitudes of traditional gender role, gender biased capability, and gender

• Main Authors: Sarker, Shahidul Islam, Karim, A.H.M Zehadul, Abu Suffiun, Samrat Mohammad
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Bridgewater State University 2017
• Subjects: HM Sociology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57033/1/journal_of_int_women_study%20%281%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57033/7/57033-Parental%20educational%20aspiration%20and%20gender%20inequality%20of%20rural%20children%20in%20Bangladesh_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57033/; http://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol18/iss2/9/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This study investigates how gender inequality in higher education is produced by the attitudes of parents in rural Bangladesh. To this end we examine (i) parental traditional gender role attitude, (ii) parental attitude toward girls’ capability and (iii) parental gender biased investment attitude as...