Factors Affecting Women's Role in Rationalizing Domestic Water Consumption in the Village of Umm Azzam, Ismailia Governorate

The study aimed to assess rural women's level of rationalization of domestic water consumption, and identify the primary challenges facing rural women regarding domestic water use and their sources of information related to rationalization. Investigate the nature of the relationship between the degree of rural women's performance in rationalizing domestic water consumption and the studied independent variables. Determine the relative contribution of the independent variables in explaining the total variance in the degree of rationalization of domestic water use. The sample size was 205 respondents. Data were collected in January and February 2025 using a questionnaire and personal interviews. Simple correlation coefficient, chi-square test, and stepwise multiple regression analysis were employed for data analysis.
   The main findings of the study were:

Approximately 69% of the respondents showed low or average performance in their roles in rationalizing household water consumption, highlighting the critical need for awareness campaigns among the respondents in the field of water consumption.
A significant positive correlation at the 0.01 probability level was found between the dependent variable (rationalization performance) and the independent variables: educational status, family cohesion, and livestock ownership. The simple correlation coefficients for these variables reached 0.341, 0.373, and 0.218, respectively, and the degree of performance of the rural women respondents in their roles in rationalizing household consumption.
Furthermore, water pollution ranked as the most significant problem facing the respondents, as reported by 30.24% of the sample.