Fahim H I, Faris R
Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 1992;67(1-2):1-11.
The aim of this study is to determine the magnitude of the problem of using children as an economic asset to the family thus, in one way increasing the prevalence of child abuse in Egypt and also hindering the family planning program. Two focus-group interviews were conducted in urban & rural areas for 10 women with the same age range and socioeconomic background. All were non-users of any contraception. Subsequently an interview was conducted for all women who attended the Ob. & Gyn. Clinic at Ain Shams University Hospital in the period from June to August 1991, their ages ranged from 30-35 years and they never used contraception. Another group of women with the same characteristics were interviewed from a rural area at Fayoum Governorate. A questionnaire was filled for each interviewed woman. The total women interviewed in urban area is 340 while in the rural area they were 400 women. Sixty percent of urban women and 80% of rural women are illiterate, 70% of the urban & 100% of rural women are housewives. Their years of marriage ranged between 10-20 years and all of them have more than five children. A percentage of 73.5% of urban women and 85% of rural women stated that children are used as an economic asset to their families, they work in urban areas as assistants in motor repairs, hair-dressers, beggars, bakeries, shops, restaurants and factories while in rural areas they work as agricultural workers.
本研究的目的是确定将儿童作为家庭经济资产这一问题的严重程度，从而在某种程度上增加埃及虐待儿童的发生率，同时也阻碍计划生育项目。在城市和农村地区对10名年龄范围相同且社会经济背景相同的女性进行了两次焦点小组访谈。她们均未使用任何避孕措施。随后，对1991年6月至8月期间在艾因·沙姆斯大学医院妇产科门诊就诊的所有女性进行了访谈，她们的年龄在30至35岁之间，且从未使用过避孕措施。另一组具有相同特征的女性来自法尤姆省的一个农村地区并接受了访谈。为每位受访女性填写了一份问卷。城市地区受访女性总数为340人，农村地区为400人。60%的城市女性和80%的农村女性是文盲，70%的城市女性和100%的农村女性是家庭主妇。她们的结婚年限在10至20年之间，且她们都有超过五个孩子。73.5%的城市女性和85%的农村女性表示，孩子被用作家庭的经济资产，他们在城市地区从事摩托车修理助手、理发师、乞丐、面包店、商店、餐馆和工厂的工作，而在农村地区则从事农业劳动。
