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The Rural women's contribution to improving the economic level of the family at Sharkia Governorate

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Agricultural extension

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of rural women's contribution to improving the economic level of the family and its axes (the level of rationalization of family spending - management family income) at Sharqia Governorate, identifying the extension services that rural women need to improve The economic level of the family, and identifying the problems facing rural women in improving family income at Sharkia Governorate. The study was conducted on a simple random sample of 379 respondents in the villages of Bani Amer and Al Sahafa at Sharkia Governorate, and all field data were collected through a personal interview using a questionnaire form during the period from the beginning of January to the end of February 2023. The data was analyzed using several statistical methods: frequency and percentages, Pearson correlation coefficient, weighted average, upward gradual regression. The study found several results, which are: The level of rural women's contribution to improving the economic level of the family is average, at a rate of 47%. The results of the study also showed the existence of four independent variables that contributed significantly to explaining the total variation in the level of rural women's contribution to improving the economic level of the family by 23.6%, these variables were arranged in descending order as follows: The age, the ability to make family decisions, the monthly income of the family, and the ability to manage time. The effects of these variables were positive, except for the variable of the average monthly income of the family, whose impact was negative. It was also found that the most important problems facing the rural women surveyed in improving the family income are: the increase in the prices of food commodities by 85.8%, followed by the lack of financial resources owned by the family and their insufficiency to meet the needs by 70.7%.
 
 

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.303569

Keywords

Rural Women, The economic level, the family, Sharkia Governorate

Authors

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Hashem

MiddleName

Abdelrahman

Affiliation

Zagazig University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension Division

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sh_hashem44@hotmail.com

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Volume

44

Article Issue

2

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40898

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-05-15

Publish Date

2023-06-30

Page Start

313

Page End

327

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1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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53

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Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Rural women's contribution to improving the economic level of the family at Sharkia Governorate

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23 Dec 2024