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Gender Energy

Gender Perception Survey for Energy Access and Use

Name: Gender Perception Survey for Energy Access and Use
Creator: Academic collaborators

This survey is used to study gender differences in energy perceptions and household energy roles.

Open downloadSurvey microdataMetadata incompleteLarge

2021 · Harvard Dataverse

energy gender health

Host / institution

Harvard Dataverse · Academic collaborators

Geography

India, state, household

Time coverage

2,312 rural and urban-slum households; six states

Update frequency

One survey (published 2021)

What this is best for

Gender perceptions, empowerment, and energy access across six Indian states

Main limitations

License NR; Nature Energy notes anonymous public data

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is Gender Energy Survey used for?: Gender perceptions, empowerment, and energy access across six Indian states
How do you access Gender Energy Survey data?: Gender Energy Survey is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does Gender Energy Survey cover?: Geography: India, state, household. Time coverage: 2,312 rural and urban-slum households; six states.
What are the main limitations of Gender Energy Survey?: License NR; Nature Energy notes anonymous public data

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

2 links

Variables5

Live-fetched dataverse.harvard.edu (2026-07-09). Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

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Name / code	Description	Group
Gendered energy perceptions	Perceptions of energy access and use by gender	Gender
Empowerment dimensions	Empowerment and agency measures	Gender
Household energy use	Electricity and cooking energy use	Energy
Rural / urban-slum	Settlement type of household	Sample
State	Six-state survey geography	Geography

Formats

survey microdata

Technical tags

household surveymicrodata

Example uses

Gender and energy access research

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
Evidence of multidimensional gender inequality in energy services from a large-scale household survey in India
Alice Tianbo Zhang, Sasmita Patnaik, Shaily Jha · et al. · Nature Energy · 2022
Analyzes Gender Energy Survey data in the context of: "Evidence of multidimensional gender inequality in energy services from a large-scale household survey in India".
Working paperAnalyzes data
Heterogeneity in Survey Response According to Gender: A Survey Experiment in Rural India
Maria Laura Alzua, Noemí Katzkowicz, Maria Adelaida Lopera · 2018
Analyzes Gender Energy Survey data in the context of: "Heterogeneity in Survey Response According to Gender: A Survey Experiment in Rural India".
ReportAnalyzes data
Gender Inequalities in Digital India: A survey on digital literacy, access, and use
Asiya Islam, Preeti Manchanda · 2023
Analyzes Gender Energy Survey data in the context of: "Gender Inequalities in Digital India: A survey on digital literacy, access, and use".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

Academic identifiers

Data DOI: 10.7910/DVN/GV85BL

Open access portal Data DOI

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.