Abstract :
As divorce has become common in almost all countries, many social scientists are attempting to understand the factors that hold marriages together or contribute to divorce. Micro-level research has related divorce to various demographic, socio-economic, and social-psychological factors recent research has usually reported an inverse association between the socio-economic status of the late age married working couples. On the one hand, the socio-economic differentials in divorce risk could be expected to increase with time in the marriage. This is because the socio-economic status of spouses as well as the spouses’ perceptions and evaluations of the family’s socio-economic status should crystallize as the duration of marriage increases and as the spouse’s age. Economic insecurity and a low socio-economic adjustment are frequent among late age married working spouses, who are just establishing their families, beginning their work lives. The socio-economic adjustment of late age married working couples is usually lower. The present study “socio-ecnomic adjustment in late age married working couples†was undertaken with specific objectives : 1) To explore the socio-economic adjustment. The sample for the purpose, was comprised of total 60 couples(120 subjects) between the age range of 32-45 years. Subjects selected were late age married working couples living in nuclear and joint family set –up. A marital adjustment Scale(MAS) was developed by the researcher to find the socio-economic adjustment level of couples.
Keyword :
Marital adjustment, Life satisfaction, Health, Late age couples