Socioeconomic status as a predictor of marital adjustment in working women

Authors

Zeenat Ismail, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
Kausar Ansari

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.

Keywords

Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Socioeconomic factors

DOI

https://doi.org/10.54784/1990-6587.1093

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Recommended Citation

Ismail, Z., & Ansari, K. (2006). Socioeconomic status as a predictor of marital adjustment in working women. Business Review, 1(1), 29-44. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.54784/1990-6587.1093