The study aimed to identifying the level of maternalhealth
of rural woman in Assiut Governorate, as well as
testing significance of relationship between social and
economic variables and the total degree of maternalhealth,
identify the problems of woman related to
maternal health for rural women.
The research was conducted in Assiut according to
the standard maternal mortality where ranked first rate
of maternal mortality, and has been selected district of
Ghanaian (el amere) and (nazalet el kadem)Villages
Data were collected from sample of 100 rural
women using personal interview a questionnaire, and
the following statistics methods were used in data
analysis simple correlation coefficient of Pearson, and Z
(score), frequencies and percentages
The most important results of the analysis as follows:
1. 56% of respondents wear found in the category of
middle Level of maternal-health of rural woman
2 . There was positive significance relationship between
the total degree of maternal-health of rural woman
and the social economic variables as the following:
[current age, and the number of children in the
family and among the total score of the maternal
health of rural woman, and the size of agricultural
holdings, ownership of farm animals, and annual
household expenditure.
3. 80% of the Respondents suffer from insufficient
number of female doctors in the health unit, and
there isn't enough money to execute the birth
process in a safe place, by 51%of the respondent,
and 47% of respondent suffer from their husband
rejection to follow up with their pregnancy, where
there is 25% of the respondent said that there isn't
enough money for the nutrition care of the pregnant
mother.