Administrative Awareness, Communication Variables and their Relation with Rural Women's Environmental Awareness

摘要

This study aimed primarily to discuss the relation between administrative awareness and some communication variables in environmental awareness of rural women who live in polluted areas. This is done through multiple secondary objectives. Research data were collected through field visit to the study area in Abu El Matamir District, which is administratively related to Behira governorate, using a questionnaire form through interviews. The selected sample included 173 rural housewives residing in Abu El Matamir. The researcher used percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Pearson's correlation coefficient and Chi Square test in statistical analysis of the study data using the following software: V.20 SPSS. This study adopted the descriptive analytical method. Findings of the study showed that: there is an increase in total marks of knowledge level of environmental pollution for women under study with a mean value of 93.393, a standard deviation of ± 8.45 and an increase in total scale marksof directions towards environmental pollution for women under study with a mean value of 65.433 and a standard deviation of 7.836 ±, an increase in total marks of environmental behavior level for women under study with a mean value of 60.832 and a standard deviation of 6.628 and an increase in total marks of environmental awareness level for women under study. In addition, there was a significant correlation at levels 0.01 and 0.05 among some demographic and household properties of the respondents (housewife's age, job, family income, family type, type of house possession, room number and residence area) with environmental awareness level for respondents at significance levels 0.01 and 0.05, a significant correlation at levels 0.01 and 0.05 among some demographic and household properties of the respondents (housewife's age, parent education level, housewife's job, family income, family type, type of house possession, room number and residence area) with the level of aspects representing environmental awareness (knowledge level, attitudes, level of behavior towards environmental pollution) and a significant correlation between residential properties with the level of aspects representing environmental awareness (knowledge level, attitudes, level ofbehavior towards environmental pollution) at significance levels 0.01 and 0.05, while there are no significant differences between residence properties and environmental awareness for respondents. Results also showed a very significant correlation at significance level 0.01 between administrative behavior of rural respondents with their environmental awareness level and level of aspects representing this awareness (knowledge level, attitudes, level of behavior towards environmental pollution) besides asignificant correlation between communication variables with level of aspects representing environmental awareness (knowledge level, attitudes, level of behavior towards environmental pollution) and environmental awareness at levels 0.01 and 0.05 .Among the study's most significant recommendations, there are the necessary revision of environment laws to be redrafted in a manner consistent with emerging environmental and social changes in society life, mutual cooperation between the government andinternational institutions to perform surveys and specialized examinations on polluted and populated areas and the necessity to activate the role of economic housing guidance to direct rural women towards ethical environmental awareness such as using clean sources of energy and biological means of combating pollution rather than internationally banned chemicals.ywords: administrative awareness, environmental awareness, communication variables.