Abstract
The purpose of the present research was to determine the extent to which Socioeconomic Status in Pakistani scenario can predict Marital Adjustment with special reference to working women. After detailed literature review it was hypothesized that Marital Adjustment would be more among working women of high Socioeconomic Status as compared to working women of low and middle Socioeconomic Status. Sample of the present research consisted of 150 married working women divided into three groups of subjects each consisting of fifty women. These groups comprised of low, middle and high socioeconomic classes. Dyadic Adjustment Scale was administered in order to measure Marital Adjustment of the entire sample. One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was done to compare the difference in the level of Marital Adjustment of working women belonging to low, middle and high Socioeconomic Status. However the difference between the Marital Adjustments of the three socioeconomic groups was found to be insignificant.
Highlights
Marital Adjustment is defined as ‘the state in which there is an over all feeling in husband and wife of happiness and satisfaction with their marriage and with each other’ (Sinha & Mukerjee, 1990)
The present research study is based on a sample of 150 married working women
Tukey's Honestly Significant Difference test (Table 1b) shows that there is no significant difference between Marital Adjustment of working women belonging to middle and high Socioeconomic Status (p>.05), low and high Socioeconomic Status (p>.05), and low and middle Socioeconomic Status (p>.05)
Summary
Marital Adjustment is defined as ‘the state in which there is an over all feeling in husband and wife of happiness and satisfaction with their marriage and with each other’ (Sinha & Mukerjee, 1990). It calls for experiencing satisfactory relationship between spouses characterized by mutual concern, care, understanding and acceptance. Some of the expectations will be realistic while others unrealistic. This is due to the complex nature of marriage and each individual is as complex as a universe.
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