Attitudinal Difference Among Women Of Different Educational Status Towards Infant And Mother Care

Abstract

Children are the gem of the future. They contribute utmost to the national development of a country. If a country has healthy population, it can fight against all odds. In order to achieve this women come into the forefront. Women in their development process become mothers. A healthy mother can only give rise to healthy babies. The concern for the health of women is very significant and thus cannot be neglected. Against this back drop our present study aims to find out the relationship between women’s educational level and their attitudinal difference towards infant and personal care. The effect of marital status and location variations- rural and urban areas of Nadia district are also taken into consideration. The statistical analyses reflect mothers with higher educational status have positive attitude towards mother (personal) and infant care. The rural women lag far behind their urban counterparts in this respect. There is no significant difference between married and unmarried women in attitude towards infant and mother care.

Keywords

• mothers
• infant care
• attitude
• educational level
• marital status
• rural
• urban