IMPACT OF COVID19 PANDEMIC ON FAMILY RELATIONS IN BAMHA VILLAGE, AL AYAT DISTRICT, GIZA GOVERNORATE

Abstract

ABSTRACT The current research aimed to identify the impact of Coronavirus pandemic on the rural family relations; inside and outside the family, and determining the respondents' knowledge degree of infection symptoms of coronavirus, methods of infection transmission, methods of preventing virus infection, and the relationship between some social and economic variables of the respondents and the degree of their internal and external family relations. The research was conducted on respondents from rural people in Bamha village, Giza Governorate. The data were collected through a questionnaire during May , and statistically analyzed. Tables, percentage, simple correlation coefficient, and Chi square were used in the presentation and analysis of the results. It was clear from the results that: About two thirds of respondents and ( ) the level of their internal family relations totally was high during the Coronavirus pandemic, more than three quarters of respondents ( ) the level of their external family relations totally was low during the Coronavirus pandemic, more than half of respondents ( ) had knowledge level of infection symptoms of Coronavirus is generally high, more than half of respondents ( ) had a high level of knowledge about infection transmission methods, about two thirds of the respondents ( ) had a high level of knowledge of methods of preventing infection with the virus. There was a significant negative relationship between age, number of family members and the degree of total internal family relations, and a significant positive relationship between the monthly income and the degree of total internal family relations. There was a significant relationship between the educational status and the degree of total internal family relations. There was a significant positive relationship between age, number of family members and the degree of total external family relations, there was a significant negative relationship between the monthly income and the degree of total external family relations, there was a significant relationship between the educational status and the degree of total external family relations. Finally, the research concluded a number of recommendations derived from research results