Employed Women and Marital Satisfaction: A Study among Female Nurses

Marital satisfaction is an essential element for successful family life and personal growth. The fulfillment and positive development will be possible only when the relationship between couples is coherent and satisfactory. Different factors have significant influence on the marital satisfaction, like personality of the partner, nature of job, child rearing responsibility, sexual satisfaction and communication patterns are some of the examples. The active engagement of women’s in the employment sector and their dual role has significant correlation with the marital satisfaction, especially in a society like India. Professionals who are engaged in health care sector, especially private sector nurses are having stresses in relation with shifts, long hours of duty low payment. Apart from this they are playing dual role as breadwinner and the care taker of family. These aspects are having significant correlation in the family life too. The present study has focus on the marital satisfaction of female nurses who are working in private hospitals. The descriptive study has conducted among 110 nurses by using questionnaire, which includes socio demographic profile and marital satisfaction scale. It’s drawn from the study that more than half of the respondents moderately satisfied in their family life. The level of satisfaction has significantly influenced by different personal and relationship variable.