Variables Related to Rural Woman's Knowledge Level about Reproductive Health in some Villages of Alexandria Governorate

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This research aimed mainly to study variables related to rural woman's knowledge level about reproductive health in Some Villages of Alexandria Governorate. The study was carried out through achieving the following Sub - goals:
1-   Asses some characteristics of the respondents.
2-   Define knowledge leve of the respondents about the reproductive health.
3-   Define the important of knowledge resources of the respondents about the reproductive health.
4-  Study relations between some independent variables and knowledge level of the respondents about the reproductive health

Data were collected by a questionnaire through personal interviews with a random sample consisted of 250 rural respondents, person correlation and percentages were used in data analysis.
Data indicated the following result:
1-   Low and median knowledge levels were observed among 18.8%, 53.2% of respondents.
2-   Clinical units and television were the main sources of knowledge about reproductive health.
3-   There were negative significant relations between respondent age, husband age and numbers of marriage years and knowledge level. But positive significant relations between educational level of respondent, educational level of husband and the level of the reproductive history and the knowledge level of respondents

 
 

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