Money and Marital Satisfaction

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How does sharing finances influence a marriage?

Money and Marital Satisfaction

In a recent dissertation project dealing with money in marriages Dr. Koutstaal found that for "both husbands and wives, financial satisfaction was positively related, while couples who struggled with finances had lower marital satisfaction." This suggests that couples who are financially satisfied may have less conflict.

Dr Koutstaal also found that husbands were more satisfied when they shared financial decision-making. This suggests that men who include their wives in the financial decision making may be more satisfied with their marriage.

This article can be found in Dissertation-Abstracts-International-Section-A:-Humanities-and-Social-Sciences. 1998 Sep; Vol 59(3-A): 0971JN:

   

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