The effect of women’s employment on marital satisfaction among employed women and housewives and their husbands in Larestan city 2018

Introduction: Family is the most important institution of society that is essential for the survival of society. Marital satisfaction is one of the factors contributing to the stability of the family system.Today, due to the lack of manpower, women are engaged in various occupations. With the employment of women, common life will conflict. The aim of this study was to determine the degree of satisfaction among employed and housewives and their wives... Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. The subjects were selected by cluster sampling and then randomly selected. A total of 202 couples entered the study. Data were collected by using a demographic questionnaire and ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire. SPSS software version 16 was used to analyze the data. One-way ANOVA and Spearman correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis/. Results: The results showed that housewives had the least satisfaction with personality issues. Also, housewives were more satisfied with the dimensions of sexual satisfaction, parenting issues and overall satisfaction. In terms of equality of women and men, housewives and nongovernmental workers showed the lowest and most satisfaction respectively. In general, wives of housewives are more satisfied with marital life. Conclusion: In general, perhaps a job can be effective in feeling independent and expressing women, but it has not been influenced by marital satisfaction. ►Please cite this article as follows Yazdanpanah F, Jourkesh F, A Dehghan, Jafarnezhad A. The effect of women’s employment on marital satisfaction among employed women and housewives and their husbands in Larestan city. Journal of Jiroft University of Medical Sciences. 2019; 6 (1):145-56