ABSTRACT
The present study was conducted on 537 urban and 278 rural husbands, derived from Giza Province in 1985, to investigate the inclination of socio-cultural variables on the verbal attitude of the studied sample towards fertility. Data were collected through the use of an interviewing sheet. Finding revealed that unfavourable attitude was more prevalent in rural, illiterate and low income husbands. Also, early marriage and previous experience of childhood deaths enhance unfavourable attitude. Moreover, no differences were elicited between Moslems and Christians towards fertility attitude
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Humans , Male , Family Planning Services , Education, Medical , Residence Characteristics , ReligionABSTRACT
In any industry there are many workers with non occupational diseases which require more medical supervision such as those having diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation of work and other epidemiological factors and liability to diabetes. 57 diabetic workers diagnosed [out of 1753 workers] working in railway workshops and 62 non diabetic workers were taken as a study and control groups. The study showed that the type of work plays a role in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus as 7% of professionals, 4.15% skilled workers, 1.25% semiskilled and 1.25% of unskilled workers were diabetics. Obesity and positive family history of diabetes mellitus are also important factors in relation with occurrence of diabetes mellitus