Some Factors Affecting Rural Women's Achievement Of Household Food Security In Some Villages In Kafr El Sheikh Governorate
Published 2025-11-10
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Abstract
This study was conducted in an attempt to identify the factors affecting rural women's achievement of household food security and to determine the nature of the relationship between each of the independent variables studied and the degree to which rural women achieve household food security.
The research was conducted in Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, where three centres were randomly selected: Kafr El Sheikh, Desouk, and Qalin. One village was then randomly selected from each of the three centres: Mahalla Mousi, Al-Ajuzin, and Al-Bakatoush, in that order.
The number of rural families in the three villages was counted, reaching a total of 9,245 rural families. Their wives were selected to be included in the study, and using the Craigie and Morgan equation, the sample size was 349 respondents (housewives), with the number distributed according to the representation ratio of each of the three villages in the study, provided that they were responsible for managing their families' food affairs. Data were collected during July and August 2025. Frequencies, percentages, arithmetic means, Pearson's correlation coefficient, chi-square test, Cramer's coefficient of association, Cronbach's alpha, and partial regression coefficient were used in the analysis and presentation.