© Kamla-Raj 2004                                                                                J. Hum. Ecol., 15(1): 27-29  (2004)

Marital Preparedness, Marital Satisfaction and Economic Status

Amiteshwar Ratra and Praveen Kaur

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, CCS Haryana Agricultural

University, Hisar 125 004, Haryana, India

Keywords Marital preparedness. marital satisfaction  

ABSTRACT To explore pre-marital preparedness and marital satisfaction of women. 300 married women, in the married span of 1-5 years were interviewed. The results indicated the impact of pre-marital preparedness on marital satisfaction of women. Compared to middle or high income group, low income group women had lower attitude towards marriage and less marital knowledge while higher marital apprehensions and expectations. Low income group women had lower marital satisfaction. Positive attitude towards marriage and higher marital knowledge lead to higher marital satisfaction. While, inverse relationship exists between marital apprehensions and marital satisfaction, and, also between marital expectations and marital satisfaction.

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