| dc.description.abstract | Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being unstable socially which trickles down to societal problems hence to the nation. In Kisii Town, Kisii county women have derived marital dissatisfaction from the fact that their husbands batter them for money from the woman' small businesses and the men are also threatened by the womens' stability and that generally there is family conflicts between men and women. The purpose of this study therefore sought to establish age, level of education, marital experience and gender in relation to marital satisfaction among selected spouses. The objectives for the study were: to determine the implication of age at marriage and marital satisfaction, to determine the relationship between level of education and marital satisfaction among selected spouses, to examine the implication of between marital experience and marital satisfaction and to establish the implication of gender and marital satisfaction among selected spouses in Kisii Township in Kisii County. The social exchange theory and attachment theory were adopted to inform the study. The researcher employed a correlation survey design. The population of the study comprised 4,019 spouses and a sample size of200 spouses was randomly selected for the study. Data was collected by using the Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire. Content and construct validity was ascertained by a pilot study of applying 20 questionnaires outside the area of study by a questionnaire vetted by .TOOUST lecturers. Reliability was established by the calculating Cronbachs' Alfa Coeffecient by administering the questionnaire to 20 respondents who did not take part in the final study. Reliability coefficients of 0.763, 0.710, 0.716 and 0.701 were reported and were all above the recommended value. Data analysis was done using statistical techniques such as ANOVA, Post Hoc tests, Independent Samples T-tests with the aid of statistical package of social sciences version 21. The findings were that there was a statistically significant relationship between age at marriage and marital satisfaction; there were no statistically significant relationship between gender, marital experience, level of education and marital satisfaction among the selected spouses in Kisii County. However, descriptive statistics results indicated that females were more satisfied than men in marriage. The study recommended that spouses should be guided on the implication of marrying on at a tender age and its long term implications marriage, then the study also recommended that spouses should be guided on the implication of educational advancement and marital satisfaction, again the study recommended that spouses should be given marriage enrichment programmes on the implication of duration in marriage and marital satisfaction. Moreover, spouses should be educated on ways of enhancing marital satisfaction in marriages. | en_US |