Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Applied and Basic Agric. Science Department, High Institute for Agricultural Coop-eration, Shobra El-Kheima, Cairo, Egypt
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Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Agric. Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shobra El-Kheima, Cairo, Egypt
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Rural Sociology & Agric. Extension Dept., Faculty of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shoubra El-Khema Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
The recent study aims to identify the Impact of Domestique culture variations on
the degree of political participation for rural women at two different sub-cultures in
rural Egypt. In addition identify factors affecting the degree of rural women
participation in political issues. In order to accomplish the study objectives,
Qalubiya Governorate was selected to represent the culture of Lower-Egypt
Governorates, and Minia Governorate was selected to represent the culture of
Upper-Egypt Governorates. Each Governorate,s administrative districts were divided
into three categories (High, Medium, Low) based upon their human development
indices, related to status of woman at those communities. Two districts were
selected randomly from the medium category of the common human development
index, Banha district from Qalubiya Governorate, and Maghagha district from Minia
Governorate. From each of those districts two local village units were randomly
selected. Within each of those previously mentioned villages, a random sample of
160 rural women was selected, and the total sample was 640 rural women. A
questionnaire was designed and collected using the personal interview (after it was
pre-tested) during August, September, and October 2003, then the data were
tabulated and analyzed by using X2 coefficient. The study findings showed that
about 43% of the total sample have low level of political participation, medium
category represents about 28%, and high category of the political participation
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