ATTITUDES OF RURAL HUSBANDS AND WIVES TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING IN FOUR EGYPTIAN GOVERNORATES | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2003, Pages 6679-6690 PDF (374.31 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2003.246138 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S. A. EI-Sabbagh,; M. S. Mahmoud | ||
| Researcher, Dept. or rural Development, development institute. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Maine objective of this research were: to determine differences 7in rural citizens attitudes towards family planning for each husbands and wives involved in the research sample, to determine attitudes of the study Participates towards family planning, to determine relation ships between the respondents' attitudes (husband and wife) and some selected demographic and family independent variables and to determine relative participation of the used independent variables in explaining variance in the dependent variables of the participants' attitudes towards family planning. The study was conducted in four selected governorates based upon number of population (sarkia and kaliobia governorates I the della, beni-suef and sohag governorates I Upper Egypt). In accordance with the name selection standard, four districts and four villages were selected (one village I district). The study sample encompassed 400 participants (100 participants a village).the study sample was randomly selected and encompassed 50% wives and 50% husbands. The study data collected during the period September. November, 2003 Written questionnaire with interpersonal interview were used in collecting the obtained study data. Simple correlation coefficient, f- test. forwards step-wise multiple regressions, in addition to frequency tables, percentages, and standard deviations were used in analyzing the obtained study data. The research revolted the following: The four independent variables deSign to be recognized as self relied, Recognition of children as a source of income and family variables (Family size and family annual income) combined together explained about 49% of the husbands' attitudes towards family planning, The three independent variables (recognition of children as a source of income, number of children, wife's obtained educational level, and wife's age) combined together explained about 56% of wife's attitudes towards family planning. Some recommendations, derived from the obtained research findings, were presented. | ||
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