MARRIED INDIVIDUALS’ MARITAL SATISFACTION LEVELS BY SOME SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES: A PROFILE STUDY

In this study, the profiles of marital satisfaction according to marital years (marriage duration), family income contribution rates, number of children and satisfaction levels of sexual life were examined. The research group of the study consists of 549 married individuals living in Ankara who have at least a high school education and work in an income generating business. The Marriage Life Scale developed by Tezer (1986) was used to determine marital satisfaction levels as a means of data collection. Personal Information Form was used to collect data on socio demographic variables. In the analysis of the data obtained in the study, SPSS 22.0 statistical program was used. As a result of the analyzes made; The following results were obtained regarding the marital satisfaction profile of married individuals; The marital satisfaction levels of married individuals who are married with less than one year of marriage and whose marital contribution to family income is equal between married men and women who are not children and who are satisfied with their sexual lives are significantly higher than married people in other groups