Study at a Glance
An endline follow-up survey of home-based garment workers (wives) and their husbands across households in Pakistan. The study examines changes in women's employment, earnings, household decision-making, time use, and psychological wellbeing — with separate matched instruments for wives and husbands.
Survey Composition — Wives vs Husbands
Treatment vs Control — Husband Sample
Wife Work Status
Monthly Earnings Comparison
Harassment Perception — Both Perspectives
Factory Job Interest Form — By Treatment Group
Treatment Group
Control Group
Wife Employment & Work Conditions
Current work status, type of garment work, working hours, consideration of outside employment, discussions with husband, and mobility patterns — detailing women's participation in home-based garment work and aspirations for factory employment.
Current Work Status
Work Type — Garment Function
Considered Working Outside Home (Past 12 Months)
Discussion with Husband about Outside Work
Husband's Reaction to Idea of Wife Working Outside
Wife's Main Concerns about Outside Employment
Husband Survey — Employment & Perceptions
Husband's own employment sector and earnings, his perception of his wife's work situation, reported changes in her work quality, his concerns about outside employment, and his views on harassment — the male-perspective counterpart to the wife survey.
Husband's Employment Sector
Perceived Change in Wife's Work Quality
Husband's Main Concerns about Wife Working Outside
Harassment Perception — Husband's View
Earnings, Payment & Wage Awareness
Monthly earnings for wives and husbands, who collects the wife's payment, how earnings are shared within the household, and awareness of factory wage rates — examining financial agency and the earnings gap between home-based and factory work.
Monthly Earnings — Wife vs Husband
Wage Awareness — Home vs Factory
Earnings Share — Husband's Perspective
Earnings Share — Wife's Perspective
Household Time Use & Mobility
How many hours per day do wives and husbands spend on household chores and childcare? How do wives travel when they leave the house, and with whom? Key constraints on formal employment uptake.
Daily Time Use — Wife vs Husband (Hours/Day)
Spousal Support in Chores & Care
Wife's Travel Mode Outside Home
Wife's Travel Companion
Household Decision Making
Who makes decisions about healthcare, large household purchases, and family visits? Both husband and wife perspectives across three key domains — a core indicator of women's agency and intra-household bargaining power.
Decision Making — Wife's Perspective
Decision Making — Husband's Perspective
Cross-Perspective Comparison — Joint Decision Rate (%)
Psychological Wellbeing & Social Desirability
Mental health outcomes using a 5-item PHQ-style scale covering interest loss, depression, fatigue, happiness, and life satisfaction — for both wives and husbands. Also includes social desirability scale scores and comparative harassment perception.