Journal of Psychology & Behavioral Science

Influence of Job Demand and Employment Status on Marital Conflict and Marital Satisfaction among Women in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Benjamin O. Omolayo, Temitope Falegan, Christiana K. Ajila

Abstract
The study examined the influence of job demand and employment status on marital conflict and marital satisfaction among married women in Ekiti state, Nigeria. 400 married women whose age ranged between 25 and 60 years participated in the study. They were selected using random and purposive sampling techniques. Three research instruments were used to generate data from the participants namely Perceived Work Demand Scale, Marital Satisfaction Scale and Kansas Marital Conflict Scale. Data were analyzed with the use of 2x2 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), One-way Analysis of Variance and Pearson product moment correlation. Results of this study showed that there was no significant influence of job demand and employment status on marital conflict. Similarly, there was no significant influence of job demand on marital satisfaction. However, there was a significant influence of employment status on marital satisfaction. Year of marriage has no significant influence on marital conflict while no significant relationship exists between marital conflict and marital satisfaction. Therefore, the findings of this study indicated that job demand does not have significant influence on both marital conflict and marital satisfaction but employment status has significant influence on marital satisfaction.

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