Abstract
The study investigated the predictive roles of career self-efficacy, work-life balance and selected demographic factors on the quality of sex life and marital satisfaction among dual-career couples in Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, and assessed if there are significant differences between men and women. The study used a cross-sectional research design and 1056 dual-career men and women ( age = 43.98, σ = 9.48, ♀ = 37.0%) participated in the study. A self-administered paper and pencil questionnaire was used to collect data from samples that were conveniently drawn from the study area. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Results showed significant differences in structural weights, structural covariances, and structural residuals in the model outputs for both men and women careerists. The study concluded that career self-efficacy and work-life balance differentially predict the quality of sex life and marital satisfaction for both men and women in a dual-career family, and that age and job tenure are not significant predictors of quality of sex life and marital satisfaction among dual-career couples.
Highlights
With about 68% Nigerians living below the income poverty line and about 33.9% living in severe poverty (UNDP, 2013), it is becoming more expedient for the wives who ordinarily by local tradition should be home-makers to engage in employment to augment the family income
Sex Life and Marital Satisfaction among Dual-career Couples many traditional housewives do complain of lack of inner fulfilment and personal development when they are prevented from participating in the active workforce (Haddock & Rattenborg, 2003)
This study investigated the predictive roles of career self-efficacy, work-life balance, age and job tenure on the quality of sex life and marital satisfaction among dualcareer couples in a university environment using the structural equation modelling approach
Summary
Changes in the social and economic situation in Nigeria and at large globally are leading into an upsurge of more families adopting dual-career options (Lirio, 2017; Ugwu, 2009) This has challenged the age-long cultural norms of gender-specific roles in the Nigerian family (Balogun, 2010). Sex Life and Marital Satisfaction among Dual-career Couples many traditional housewives do complain of lack of inner fulfilment and personal development when they are prevented from participating in the active workforce (Haddock & Rattenborg, 2003). Another benefit of the dual-career family is an economic gain. Dualcareer family is believed to enhance egalitarianism in the home as it promotes gender equality between husband and wife, promotes the utilization of professional skills and elevates a possible closer relationship between father and the child, advances intellectual companionship between marital partners, and upgrades increased understanding of what marital partner experiences daily (Lupo et al, 2015)
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