A Multidimensional Dataset on Financial Stress and Socioeconomic Characteristics Among Private University Students in Bangladesh

Description

This dataset contains anonymized questionnaire responses from 911 students enrolled at private universities in Bangladesh. The dataset comprises 20 substantive variables covering demographic characteristics, accommodation, family income, education funding, tuition responsibility, financial assistance, employment, financial difficulties, academic effects, perceived mental-health effects, family financial support, and perceived university financial support. An eight-item Financial Stress Index (FSI) was constructed as a dataset-specific analytical composite ranging from 0 to 100 for descriptive and exploratory analysis. The dataset package includes anonymized respondent-level data, processed analytical data, the original questionnaire, and a codebook to facilitate data interpretation, reuse, and reproducibility.

Institutions

• Daffodil International University

  Dhaka Division, Dhaka
• Independent University

  Dhaka Division, Dhaka

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