Gender Inequality Questionnaire

SN Question Response
1 Name of the respondent
2 Age
3 Gender Male Female
4 Education
5 Occupation
6 Marital status
7 Do you think that girls should go to school after they attain Yes No
puberty?
8 If yes, to what level?
9 If no, why?

10 Can they go to an upper primary, secondary school in another Yes No

village?
11 Do you think educating boys is more important than educating Yes No
girls?
12 Do you go anywhere alone with your friends? Yes No
13 Should a girl, who has grown up, work outside the house? If yes, Yes No
what kind of work can she do?
14 Should boys also be asked to do housework? Yes No
15 Do you think that the husband should mainly take important Yes No
decisions in a marriage – such as making decisions about household
income, planning family etc
15 Do you think girls should be allowed to decide when they will Yes No
marry?
16 What is the right age for girls and boys to get married?
17 According to the law, how old must a girl and boy be at the time of
marriage?
18 Boys should be encouraged to do things which boys only do and Yes No
girls should be encouraged to do things which girls only do.
19 A woman should always obey her husband Yes No
20 Boys are better in mathematics than girls Yes No
 21 Boys should not cry Yes No
22 Girl should not laugh loudly at public places Yes No
23 Women can look after the children better than men Yes No
24 Women can cook better than men Yes No
25 Girls should not be sent outside for higher education Yes No
26 Sexual violence is perpetuated by strangers only. Yes No
27 Brothers are responsible to protect their sisters Yes No
28 A couple should have at-least one child Yes No
29 A woman should keep on tolerating violence to run the family Yes No
30 Girls should be soft natured Yes No
Situation

1. Sushma is studying in class 11 and is very intelligent in studies. However, she doesn’t
like household chores. What should we do?

2. Ramesh and his sister Priya study in the same class. Their father owns a big piece of
land and grows oranges and other cash crops. He can afford the study of his both
children, but after completing class 12th, Ramesh is going to Kota for engineering
coaching. Priya wants to become a doctor and she has also scored 81 per cent in class
12th board examination. But their parents do not allow her higher education? What
should Priya do?