Volume 9, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 387–392
Samson Barongo1, Peter Onderi2, Zachary Kebati3, Prof. Michael Okwara4, and Dr. Edward Bantu5
1 Lecturer/psychological counselor, Kisii University, Kenya
2 Lecturer/psychological counselor, Maseno University, Kenya
3 Psychological counselor, Kisii University, Kenya
4 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and technology, Kenya
5 Lecturer, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and technology, Kenya
Original language: English
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Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being unstable socially which trickles down to societal problems hence to the nation. A higher level of satisfaction is seen as a measure of marital success. It is, therefore, important to study correlates of marital satisfaction in order to determine what variables could potentially predict the outcome of marital satisfaction. The purpose of this study therefore seeks to establish the correlates between levels of education in relation to marital satisfaction. Literature on the objective above was reviewed. The researcher employed a cross sectional survey design to examine the theme of study. The descriptive study was conducted among 4,019 spouses by using a questionnaire. Content and construct validity was ascertained by a pilot study of applying 20 questionnaires outside the area of study. Analysis was done using a chi square to understand the level of satisfaction, manual calculation of the means, manual thematic analysis of the qualitative data by mail using mean and percentages.
Author Keywords: Level of Education, marital satisfaction.
Samson Barongo1, Peter Onderi2, Zachary Kebati3, Prof. Michael Okwara4, and Dr. Edward Bantu5
1 Lecturer/psychological counselor, Kisii University, Kenya
2 Lecturer/psychological counselor, Maseno University, Kenya
3 Psychological counselor, Kisii University, Kenya
4 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and technology, Kenya
5 Lecturer, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and technology, Kenya
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being unstable socially which trickles down to societal problems hence to the nation. A higher level of satisfaction is seen as a measure of marital success. It is, therefore, important to study correlates of marital satisfaction in order to determine what variables could potentially predict the outcome of marital satisfaction. The purpose of this study therefore seeks to establish the correlates between levels of education in relation to marital satisfaction. Literature on the objective above was reviewed. The researcher employed a cross sectional survey design to examine the theme of study. The descriptive study was conducted among 4,019 spouses by using a questionnaire. Content and construct validity was ascertained by a pilot study of applying 20 questionnaires outside the area of study. Analysis was done using a chi square to understand the level of satisfaction, manual calculation of the means, manual thematic analysis of the qualitative data by mail using mean and percentages.
Author Keywords: Level of Education, marital satisfaction.
How to Cite this Article
Samson Barongo, Peter Onderi, Zachary Kebati, Prof. Michael Okwara, and Dr. Edward Bantu, “Correlates between Levels of Education in Relation to Marital Satisfaction in KISII Township of KISII County, Kenya,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 387–392, November 2014.
