Community and School Study - Bangladesh (ComSS)
ComSS was a multi-country study which investigated access to basic education. In Bangladesh, the study was conducted across six rural locations, one in each administrative division. At baseline in 2007, the study included over 9,000 children from 6696 households in each administrative division. Participants were followed up with in 2009.
Study design
Cohort, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
9,045 (participants)
Age at first data collection
4 - 15 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2007
Primary Institutions
BRAC University (ব্র্যাক ইউনিভার্সিটি, BRACU) (Academic, Bangladesh)
Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE) (Research, United Kingdom)
Links
create-rpc.org/research/communityandschool/bangladesh/
create-rpc.org/pdf_documents/Bangladesh_Country_Research_Summary.pdf
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) (Government, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
