Open AccessWhen and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey
Author(s) -
Marta Kowal,
Agata Groyecka-Bernard,
Marta Kochan-Wójcik,
Piotr Sorokowski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0249516
Subject(s) - religiosity , affect (linguistics) , demography , psychology , marital status , individualism , developing country , social psychology , biology , political science , sociology , population , ecology , communication , law
The present global study attempts to verify the links between marital satisfaction and the number of children as well as its moderators in an international sample. Data for the study was obtained from our published dataset and included 7178 married individuals from 33 countries and territories. We found that the number of children was a significant negative predictor of marital satisfaction; also sex, education, and religiosity were interacting with the number of children and marital satisfaction, while there were no interactions with economic status and individual level of individualistic values. The main contribution of the present research is extending our knowledge on the relationship between marital satisfaction and the number of children in several, non-Western countries and territories.