Abstract
Marital satisfaction is a significant predictor of domestic violence, relationship dissolution and fertility outcomes. This paper investigates determinants of women’s marital satisfaction, focusing on domestic labor division, women’s attitudes toward family formation and gender-roles, and interaction effect between the two. We analyze longitudinal data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families with random-effect and fixed-effect models. Preliminary results show traditional family-formation attitude and liberal gender-role attitude raise marital satisfaction. Both women’s domestic labor provision and husbands’ help are positively associated with marital satisfaction. We find a negative interaction effect between liberal family-formation attitude and women’s domestic labor provision, and a positive interaction effect between liberal gender-role attitude and husbands’ help. This study provides insights on marital dynamics in Korea, as well as other Asia societies where a strong family tradition is still expected and in practice.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
Event | 2015 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) - San Diego, United States Duration: 30 Apr 2015 → 02 May 2015 https://paa2015.populationassociation.org/ |
Conference
Conference | 2015 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) |
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Abbreviated title | PAA 2015 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Diego |
Period | 30/04/15 → 02/05/15 |
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