IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Sathiyabama.G; Vinod kumar.E

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

A comparative study to assess the level of knowledge regarding child rearing practice among mothers of underfive children in urban and rural area

Sathiyabama. G, Vinod Kumar. E

Abstract :

Childreå is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. it involves planning, formulating, and implementing a programme of inging up children in certain way that is line with the requirement of the family and society. 60(30 urban mothers and 30 rural mothers) under five mothers who met the inclusion criteria were selected by using Convenient sampling technique. After selecting the sample, the investigator explained the purpose of the study and informed consent was obtained. Demographic variables were collected A structured administrated questionnaire was given to the participants and they were instructed to answer the questions. The answers were corrected and the data collected were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result reveals that mean and standard deviation of the knowledge on child reå practice in urban mothers is (mean–109.13; SD–24.0). And in rural mothers mean 77.77 and standard deviation 20.70. In paired t–test for compå significant difference, t–value is 5.4201 and P– value is 0.0001. P<0.05 shows the level of knowledge on child reå practice was statistically significant in both urban and rural mothers. CONCLUSION: The study indicates urban mothers had good level of knowledge regarding child reå practice.