PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aqueous solution absorbing material having higher gel strength and absorption capacity than a conventional material and useful as the aqueous solution absorbing material of sanitary goods such as sanitary items and a paper diaper or others and to provide sanitary goods using the absorbing material. SOLUTION: The aqueous solution absorbing material comprises an organic- inorganic composite polyacrylamide hydrogel containing (A) a polymer of an acrylamide compound, (B) a water-swellable clay mineral which is uniformly dispersible in water and (C) water as constituents and including the component (C) in a three-dimensional network comprising the components (A) and (B) and/or a dried body of the hydrogel.
