Abstract: As a result of community members, including rural women, using environmental resources randomly and unorganized, many problems, including the depletion of these resources as a result of increased demand due to population increase, rapid population growth, and a continuous increase in the rate of consumption above the natural rate, which led to an increase in the demand for environmental resources. Aim: To assess the cultural factors affecting the increase in the consumption of environmental resources for rural women. Study design, sample and setting: A Social survey by intentional sample of 200 rural women who come to Childhood and Development Association and Caritas association in Al-Fatah at Assiut Governorate was selected in this study. Method: An interview questionnaire was used to collect data from rural women about the factors that affect the increase in the consumption of environmental resources by them, and the aspects of consumption of rural women, including three resources, namely water, air and electricity. Results: The most important aspects of rural women's consumption of environmental resources, which reached a relative strength (69.44%), which is a medium percentage, and the sum of weights is (2.08) and ranked according to the strength of its impact: Water with relative strength came first (77.63%) from the study sample of rural women. In the second order, air with relative strength (75.15%) came from the study sample of rural women. Electricity came in the third order with relative strength (55.53%) from the study sample of rural women.Conclusion and recommendation: Rural women's consumption of water and air was among the majority of the study sample, followed by their electricity consumption, at a rate of about fifty percent. Creating effective communication channels between rural women, the external community, external institutions, and convincing them of the importance of the role of rural women in preserving environmental resources and wealth.
Keywords: culture, factors, consumption, environment, resources, rural women.
Title: Study the cultural factors affecting the increasing in the consumption of environmental resources among rural women
Author: Ali Salah Abdelhamid Mohammed
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 13, Issue 4, October 2025 - December 2025
Page No: 15-22
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Published Date: 06-October-2025
