Dataset of Dowry and Marriage Practices in Rural Punjab Pakistan

The dataset contains raw cross-section data of 659 households obtained by structured questionnaire-based survey. The survey was conducted in rural Punjab in Pakistan in 2013 to examine the association between dowry and women’s status in the marital household. The questionnaire was uniquely designed to collect information concerning various marital practices in rural Punjab Pakistan, including marriage ceremonies, marriage expenses and transfers, cousin marriage, endogamous marriage, and watta satta (exchange marriage). The survey area covers the entire Punjab Province in Pakistan, and thus, we believe that it could capture the heterogeneous climate, cultural, and socioeconomic aspects of the province. The selection of the survey households followed the stratifying random sampling process so that the survey consists of the representative households in rural Punjab Province. The eligible households were those with an economically active husband and wife aged 15–65 because the primary outcome of the survey was the husband-wife relationship in the marital household.本数据集收录通过结构化问卷调查获取的659户家庭原始截面数据。本次调查于2013年在巴基斯坦旁遮普省（Punjab）农村地区开展，旨在探究嫁妆与婚姻家庭中女性地位的关联。本问卷专为收集巴基斯坦旁遮普省农村地区各类婚姻习俗相关信息而设计，涵盖婚礼仪式、婚姻开支与财产转移、表亲婚姻、同族通婚以及换婚制（watta satta，exchange marriage）。本次调查覆盖巴基斯坦旁遮普省全域，因此本数据集能够反映该省多样化的气候、文化与社会经济特征。调查家庭的选取采用分层随机抽样方法，以确保样本涵盖旁遮普省农村地区具有代表性的家庭。合格样本家庭需满足夫妻双方均为经济活跃群体且年龄介于15至65岁之间，因本次调查的核心观测指标为婚姻家庭中的夫妻关系状况。