code to set a select box option value as an object

in an html page i have got, i have a select box like this with values.

<select onChange="return filler(this.value);">
<option value="{'name':'rajiv',age:'40'}">a</option>
<option value="{'name':'mithun',age:'22'}">f</option>
</select>

i want to pass a javascript array or object as the option value. right now it is treating the option value as a string.

i want it to be an array so that i can access it by

this.value.name,this.value.age in the filler function.

is this possible?