This study examined the needs for education & counseling program and policy & facilities support and related variables of farming women as a part of study on problem diagnosis and status enhancement of rural women. The subjects were 980 married wo...
This study examined the needs for education & counseling program and policy & facilities support and related variables of farming women as a part of study on problem diagnosis and status enhancement of rural women. The subjects were 980 married women living in rural areas. Data were analyzed by frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation, factor analysis, t-test, ANOVA, and stepwise multiple regression. The major findings were as follows : 1) Rural women needed more parent education & counseling program than marital relation and in-law relation counseling & education. Their needs for education & counseling program were significantly affected by their depression, the level of education, child & in-law relations problem, conflict coping behavior, and sex-role attitude. 2) As the policy & facilities support, farming work support, women`s ability development support, the elderly & health support and children support were needed by rural women. Their needs for farming work policy & facilities support were generally high, and had no related variables. The needs for policy & facilities support for the elderly & health were related to age and education level. The need for policy & facilities support for women`s ability development and children were related to age, education level.