A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Rural Women in Southern Xinjiang Based on Literature and Empirical Study

【Objective】 This paper studies the status quo, ideological trend, willingness, educational level and social influence of women in southern Xinjiang, so as to provide scientific basis for improving the comprehensive quality of women in that region. 【Method】 350 Uygur villagers from four villages in Kumuxilic Township, Shule County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang were selected as the research objects (10% females and 4% males were randomly collected). Methods of literature collection and collating statistics, questionnaire survey, field interview, participatory discussion, expert discussion and other methods were adopted and the survey data were analyzed by SPSS software. 【Result】 96.8% of the women do all the housework; 52.5% of the women had the experience of going out as migrant workers; 39.7% of the women were co-breadwinners with their husbands, while 25.8% were the main breadwinners; women with decision-making power accounted for 94.93%, independent decision-making women accounted for 27.65%, and 67.28% of them made decisions jointly with their husbands, which showed that the social and economic status of women in rural families in southern Xinjiang was in the rising trend. 99.5% of them thought that it was very important for them to receive education, 62% of the women had the wish to go to university, 69.3% of them wanted to raise their daughters to go to universities, 75.6% of them wanted to raise their sons to go to universities. In short, the desire for their children to receive higher education was very urgent; 97.2% of the women had the desire to learn a skill and 87.2% of the women had the desire to learn a skill and go out to work. 90% of the women are satisfied with their current living situations and conditions. 98.6% of women thought it was important for a woman to have independent thoughts, while only 1.4% thought it was important to follow her husband's thinking. The women hoped that village work team would stay there for a long period. 【Conclusion】 Women has played an important role in family life and social construction in southern Xinjiang, and they have clear national and civic awareness. However, their enthusiasm in politics is not high. Although their life quality has improved, their educational level still needs to be improved urgently. There is a certain degree of enthusiasm for women to participate in public activities, but their awareness of participating in village-level governance remains to be improved. In view of this, full play should be given to the comprehensive performance of women's federations at the grassroots level, thus their lives will be enriched, and their participation in social activities will be inspired, which will lead their full play to their group role.