Variables Affecting Roles of Woman in the Rural Family in Some Villages in Alexandria Governorate

Document Type : Original Article

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Agricultural Extension Research Institute and Rural Development - Agricultural Research Center

Abstract

This research aimed mainly to study variables affecting roles of woman in the rural family in some villages in Alexandria governorate. The study was carried out through achieving the following objectives:
1-   Asses some characteristics of respondents.
2-   Define respondents social, economics and the socio-economics roles.
3-   Study the related and effected relation between some independent variables and each one of the social roles, economics roles and he socio-economics roles.
Data were collected by a questionnaire through personal interviews with a random sample consisted of 200 rural respondents, Person correlation, spearman correlation, multiple regression models and percentage were used in data analysis.
Data indicated the following result:
1-   Low and high social roles level were observed among the majority of respondents.
2-   Low and medium economics roles level were found between most of respondents.
3-   Medium and high socio- economics roles level were found between most of respondents.
4-   According to step-wise multiple regression analysis husband's education, the number of son and aspiration level together explained about 11.8% of variances in respondent social roles, husband's education, the number of son and the social participation together explained about 17.1% of variances in respondent economics roles, husband's education and the number of son together explained about 18.4% of variances in respondent socio-economics roles.

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