The Effect of the Length of the Marriage on Marital Adjustment and Job Satisfaction in Working Women

Abstract

The two most important aspects of anyone’s life would be work and family. One of the most important issues in the lives of working married women is finding a balance between work and marriage. Today the world is going through pandemic and there has been a lot of changes in the lifestyle. There might be a lot of changes in handling the situation according to the number of years of being married. The aim of the research is to find ‘the effect of length of the marriage, on marital adjustment and job satisfaction in working women.’ The sample was collected by 60 working women where 30 were newly married and 30 were women who were married for more than 10 years. The data was collected using Marital adjustment test developed by Locke, H.J., and Wallace. K. M (1959) and Job Satisfaction Survey developed by Paul E. Spector (1985). The statistical tool Pearson’s correlation co-efficient and t-test were used. The results indicated that, there is no significant relationship between marital adjustment and job satisfaction in newly married (0-5 years) working women. And there is a significant relationship between marital adjustment and job satisfaction in working women who is married for more than 10 years. Secondly, it indicated that, there is a significant difference in marital adjustment among newly married working women and working women who are married for more than 10 years. And there is a significant difference in job satisfaction among newly married working women and working women who are married for more than 10 years.