Abstract
Marital satisfaction is a significant to the stability of any nation since the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction may lead to family members being unstable socially which hence societal problems. The purpose of this study therefore sought to establish age in relation to marital satisfaction among selected spouses. The objective for the study : to determine the implication of age at marriage and marital satisfaction. The social exchange theory and attachment theory were adopted to inform the study. The researcher used a correlation design. The population of the study comprised 4,019 spouses and a sample size of 200 spouses was randomly selected for the study. Data was collected by using the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire. Content and construct validity was ascertained by a pilot study of applying 20 questionnaires outside the area of study by a questionnaire vetted peers. Reliability was established by the calculating Cronbachs’ Alfa Coeffecient by administering the questionnaire to 20 respondents who did not take part in the final study. Reliability coefficients of 0.763, 0.710, 0.716 and 0.701 were reported and were all above the recommended value. Data analysis was done using statistical techniques of ANOVA, Post Hoc tests and Independent Samples by aid of statistical package of social sciences version 22. The findings and recommendations were given accordingly at the end of the paper. Keywords: age, predictor, marital, satisfaction households, Kisii County DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-14-05 Publication date: July 31 st 2021
Highlights
1.1: Background of the study Marital satisfaction is a special case of relationship satisfaction, and is the degree to which partners in marriages assess their approval of different aspects of their marital relations
The communication processes within a couple have been strongly emphasized in relationship counseling, and it has been proposed that “the study of marriage and marital therapy can best be advanced at this time through a better understanding of marital communication processes” (Gottman & Levenson, 2000)
In Kisii township and in the last one year alone are were many marital issues among them Ochoro (2014) reports of a man who shoot self and wife of infidelity, Obiero (2014) reports of man jailed for 30 years for killing wife. http://whereiskenya.com/domestic-violence-kenya-tradition-stay quotes UNIFEM Kenya that 80% of Kisii and Borana men abuse their wives. (Ochoro 2014, Obiero 2014) reported cases of marital dissatisfaction among the spouses in Kisii Township. It is against this background that the present study investigated how selected biographical variables relate to marital satisfaction among spouses in Kisii Township
Summary
Even when the survey results are further parsed into dyadic satisfaction and overall dyadic adjustment scores, age was still not significantly correlated with these measures In this sample, it was found that there was no relationship between age at time of marriage and marital satisfaction. Through use of multivariate analysis, the study found a positive correlation between age at time of marriage and marital satisfaction after controlling for the antecedent variables of length of marriage, education, socioeconomic background, and religious importance. This means that as the age at marriage increased, marital satisfaction increased as well. The study utilized 200 respondents as per the principle above which were chosen by simple random sampling
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