Relativity of Rural Women Literacy and Empowerment in Promoting Healthy Household in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

The study investigated the rural women literacy and empowerment in promoting healthy household in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The role of women as peace builders, especially in promoting healthy household cannot be ignored in the society. The emphasis on critical approaches to healthy household and literacy of the women has been a cause of concern. The descriptive type of research design was used for the study. The sample size of one hundred and fifty (150) literate woman was used for the study. The simple random sampling technique was used, the data gathered from the administered questionnaire was analysed using inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Chi-square (x2) was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. It was concluded by the researcher that there was relationship between women literacy and promotion of healthy household, women literacy influence healthy nutrition and women literacy had influence on healthy household. The researcher recommended that health campaign, symposium, seminar etc. should be organized by the government at all level for women on how to maintain their health and that of their family through healthy living of the family, adult education should be introduced for women in rural areas who are less privileged or not opportune to be educated on how to live a healthy life and maintain an optimum health, lectures and seminar should be organized for literate women on daily diet for household to maintain an healthy life, personal hygiene should be streamlined to most curriculums so as to educate people on hygienic living in the society and literate women in the rural environment should be tutored on how to maintain an healthy environment so as to promote healthy living in the society.