RURAL WOMEN PRACTICES REGARDING CLOTHES AND TEXTILE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ALLERGY AT SOME VILLAGES IN ALEXANDRIA GOVERNORATE | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
| Article 27, Volume 91, Issue 4, December 2013, Page 1613-1632 PDF (3.58 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2013.166392 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| AMAL E. EL ASAL; EMAN A. SERAG | ||||
| Agricultural Extension & Rural Development Research Institut – Department of Rural Sociology Research, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study aimed at : – Identifying the knowledge of investigated rural women regarding to choosing , cleaning and using clothes and textile . – Identifying the practices of investigated rural women regarding to choosing , cleaning and using their cloth and textile. – Determining the infections degree of family members regarding the skin allergy , respiratory allergy and eyes allergy. - Determining relationship between whole score of investigated practices with infection of skin allergy, respiratory, and eyes allergy. – Determining relationship between whole score of investigated practices regarding choosing, cleaning and using their cloth and textile with independent variables like : respondents’ knowledge , age , education , number of sons , age and sons education and type of family. Data were collected by personal interview using questionnaires from 150 rural women at four villages in Agriculture Maamora area in Alexandria governorate. Correlation coefficient of (Sperman) was used for data analysis. The study revealed the following results: – knowledge level of 41.3 % & 46.7 % of investigated women respectively was low and median regarding some items related to clothes and textile but it was high for 12.0 % from them –- The majority of investigated women ( 97,7 %) their correct practices level regarding some items related to their cloth and textile was low and it was median for 4.0 % from them but it was high for only 1.3 % from them . – 49.3 % of investigated families had infection of skin allergy, 30,7 % of investigated families had respiratory allergy and 17,7 % had eyes infections . – There was negative significant relationships between investigated practices whole score (as a independent variable) with infection of skin allergy (r = - 0. 318 ) , respiratory allergy (r = - 0. 246 ) and eyes allergy (r = - 0. 295 ) . – Therewas significant Positive relationships between investigated practices whole score (as dependent variable) with some independent variables like : investigated knowledge ( r = 0. 339 ) – Therewas no any significant relationships between investigated practices whole score (as dependent variable) with some familial characteristics like : investigated women age , there education numbers of there sons and type of family. | ||||
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