The relationship between access to financial resources and marital satisfaction in married women of Tabriz city

The family is the basic pillar of society and the main center of human growth and excellence. The formation of this sacred institution is due to the marital bond between a man and a woman. Satisfaction with married life will mean satisfaction with the family and satisfaction with the family will mean satisfaction with the lives of men and women.

The research method was survey and data collection tool a questionnaire. For this purpose, to measure the variable of marital satisfaction, standard energy questionnaire (1998) was used, and for the variable of financial resources, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The statistical population of the research included married women over the age of 15 living in Tabriz city, and among them, 384 samples were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling.

The collected data showed that the mean of women’s marital satisfaction above average and the mean of available financial resources to them was above average. In the dimensions of marital satisfaction, the mean value of personality issues, couple relationship, conflict resolution, financial management, Leisure time, Sex relation and relatives and friends were above average, and the dimension of marriage and children was lower than average. The result of Significance tests showed that there is a significant direct relationship between marital satisfaction and its dimensions and available financial. According to the findings, the more financial resources available to women, the higher their marital satisfaction. In fact, financial resources as a support can be effective in providing psychological security and subsequently in improving marital relations and marital satisfaction.