PURPOSE: To obtain a bulky nonwoven fabric for sanitary materials excellent in dry touch properties and feel without repetitive deteriorating wet back and water absorption rate.

CONSTITUTION: This nonwoven fabric for sanitary materials is obtained by laminating and integrating a highly shrinkable fiber sheet on a low-shrinkable or a nonshrinkable nonwoven fabric and subjecting the resultant laminate to shrinking treatment under conditions so as to enable the sufficient shrinkage of the fiber sheet. The nonwoven fabric has 2-20 wrinkles 0.2-3mm deep per cm on at least one side, ≥15cm3 apparent specific volume, ≤0.2% initial wet back and ≤2.3sec initial absorption rate.