Examined the effects daily life experiences had on the health of women in a rural village in Egypt. A study of 27 households (386 individuals) over a period of approximately 5 mo showed that the women's health was influenced by the cultural expectations governing female gender, by women's changing responsibilities as they aged, by their work, by their health perceptions, and by the health resources available to them. Examples of the women's lifestyle show that women's health concerns in developing countries cannot be limited to the survival of their children or to the reduction of their fertility. To plan for poor and rural women's health needs, understanding of their daily lived experiences and the physical, psychological, and social stress associated with those experiences, must be broadened.