A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MARITAL ADJUSTMENTS AMONG WORKING AND NON-WORKING, RURAL AND URBAN WOMEN

Marriage in society is existing right from the beginning of human life on earth in one form or the other. Marriage is a socially accepted union of individuals in the role of husband and wife with the key function of legitimating of parenthood (Ira L. Reiss, 1963). Marital adjustment implies various processes and adjustments in the relations of the marriage partners processes of accommodating to daily situations of balancing each individual's needs and interests, role expectations and viewpoints, and adapting to changing conditions of marriage and family living. The working women are seem to be more prone to struggle for marital adjustment due to the dual responsibility of home and work (K. Shreelakshmi, 2021). The aim of the present study was to find out the marital adjustment among working, non working rural and urban women. With the rise in the number of double income families marital relationship and adjustment are the utmost challenges in most of the households. A sample of 60 women was selected randomly to analyse the perplexity of marital adjustments. Their age range was between 30-40 years. Equal ratio of urban and rural, working and non-working females were part of the research. For this study, Marital Attitude Scale (MAS) by Pramod Kumar and Rohtagi Kanchan (1999) was used to assess the marital adjustment of urban, rural, working and non-working women. Appropriate statistical analysis was done to quantify the results. The results indicate the working women conspicuously differ on Marital adjustment score as compared to non-working women. Non working women from both rural and urban area have shown better marital adjustment compared to working women from both areas. The promotion of good communication in marriage is a major solution to many cases of marital discord in our society. Through good communication styles couples can try to resolve their conflicts thus promoting marital unity.