Marital satisfaction among married people in Sunyani municipality

Abstract

The study was conducted in order to ascertain the level of marital satisfaction of married people in the Sunyani Municipality of the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Purposive and quota sampling techniques were used to sample 320 respondents for the study. The level of marital satisfaction was assessed with four variables; sex, religion, age and educational levels of respondents. Five research questions were formulated to keep the study in focus. Similarly, four hypotheses were deduced from the research questions along the four variables used for the study. The Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI) was used in collecting responses from the married people. The results of the findings showed that married people in the Sunyani Municipality were not satisfied with their marriages. The study also found that the higher educated married people were significantly more dissatisfied than those with lower levels of education. It further revealed that both young and old married people in the municipality were dissatisfied with their marriages. The younger ones were significantly more dissatisfied than the older ones. Also the study found that both husband and wives were not satisfied with their marriages. Christians and Muslims married people were also not satisfied in their marriages. There were no significant differences between them. It was recommended that more programmes such as workshops, seminars and symposia be undertaken by counsellors and other stakeholders in marital issues to put married people on the pedestal of satisfied marriages.