WM_Data: Derived Dataset on Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence Among Ever-Married Women in Bangladesh (2019)

This dataset is a researcher-created, anonymized, derived dataset based on the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted in Bangladesh. It focuses on attitudes toward the justification of domestic violence among ever-married women aged 15–49 and includes selected socio-demographic and household-level variables relevant to this outcome.

The dataset was constructed by filtering the original MICS women’s questionnaire data and recoding variables related to education, wealth status, age, marital history, geographic division, access to technology, and other contextual factors. A binary outcome variable representing attitudes toward the justification of domestic violence was generated following standard MICS questionnaire items. Survey weights were retained to support population-representative analysis.

All direct and indirect personal identifiers were removed, and the dataset does not allow identification of individuals or households. The original MICS survey followed internationally accepted ethical standards, including informed consent. This derived dataset is intended for academic and policy-oriented research, including statistical and machine learning–based analyses of gender-related attitudes in Bangladesh.