الفهرس 
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Abstract
There are known variations in social, cultural, demographic, and health characteristics across urban and rural residence. These variations affect the sexual behavior and degree of sexual knowledge and believes between urban and rural couples, affecting the sexual life, sexual satisfaction, and sexual wellbeing. For women, many factors can affect sexual functioning including age, fertility status, hormonal levels, socioeconomic factors, quality of life, educational level, relationship with spouse, sexual knowledge and behaviors, family planning methods, and physical and mental health.The present study aimed at comparing female sexuality among urban and rural married women in a sample of Egyptian women. Our study included 404 women, who were equally distributed regarding residence between rural and urban areas. All the women received a self-report questionnaire, translated into Arabic, designed by Younis et al. (2015), including 25 questions and other questions were added to suit the purpose of study. Privacy was guaranteed for all the participants.In our study, the most common age of participants was 20 - 29 years (62.4%), and the most common age of marriage was 20 - 29 (84.9%). University degree was the most common educational level (84.9%), with a slightly larger number of non-circumcised females included in the study (51.2%). There was a statistically significant association between residence and FGC, as 67.3% of the rural group were exposed to FGC, while 69.8% of the urban group were not exposed to it. There was a statistically significant association between educational level and FGC, as 76.9% of the read-and-write group and 70.8% of the secondary school group had FGC, while only 44.6% of the university group had FGC. This indicates that the tendency to have FGC decreases with higher education levels