The Relationship between Children and Marital Satisfaction of Parents in Addis Ababa
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2005-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examme the
relationship of the p resence of children to the marital
satisfaction of parents in Addis Ababa. To do this, a
sample of 200 married individuals (l00 males and
100 females) were selected using purposive and
random sampling techniques. Snyder's marital
satisfaction scale (Snyder, 1997) was used to collect
the data. Descriptive statistics, a univarite analysis of
variance and post hoc comparison were employed to
analyze the data. The findings of the analysis
indicated that children have an effect on marital
satisfaction of their parents. Regarding other
demographic variables studied sex of parents, age at
marriage and family income were found to be
significant predictors of marital satisfaction while
educational status was found to be not related to
marital satisfaction. Some implications and
suggestions of the findings are discussed.
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Relationship between Children