Early marriage and marital satisfaction among young married men in rural Uttar Pradesh, India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Lack of reliable and valid scales of Indian origin prompt researchers to borrow the marital satisfaction scale developed in different settings. The lack of a reliable scale to understand marital satisfaction in India prompted us to examine the marital satisfaction among young married men using ENRICH Marital Satisfaction (EMS) Scale developed in the Western context. Assessing the reliability of the EMS scale on the rural population of Lalitpur and Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh, India; this study examines the determinants of marital satisfaction among young married men.

Results

Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.936 confirms the high reliability of the EMS scale for the surveyed population in two districts of India. Men belonging to households with higher monthly income (

SUBMITTER: Chauhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9881292 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature