Data for: Gender bias in bird ringing: uncovering the massive female dropout in volunteer ecological monitoring

This dataset contains the anonymized quantitative responses (N=561) from a nationwide survey of the French bird ringing community. It includes demographic variables (gender, age class, license status, parenthood) and categorical responses regarding self-perceived ornithological knowledge, feelings of illegitimacy, training support, integration, and safety during fieldwork.

These data were collected to investigate gender disparities and experiences within the bird ringing community, and they support the findings presented in the article "Gender bias in bird ringing: uncovering the massive female dropout in volunteer ecological monitoring" submitted to Biological Conservation.

Ethical note: In compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to ensure participant confidentiality, all personally identifiable information and free-text comments (including qualitative interview transcripts) have been completely removed from this dataset.