Type of marriage and satisfaction in light of socio : economic demographic factors in Irbid governorate-Jordan

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The present study investigates endogamy and exogamy types.

This study addresses the socio-economic and demographic factors.

The convenient sample consisted of (291) participants from Irbid Governorate (in terms of availability).

Frequencies, percentages and multiple regression were used to examine the role of the socio-economic and demographic factors dimensions in explaining the marital satisfaction.

The aspects included are social, psychological and economic satisfaction, while the socio-demographic variables included are age, gender, education, income and period of marriage.

The findings revealed that social satisfaction was the greatest, followed by psychological and economic satisfaction, respectively.

The comparative means revealed that cases of endogamy are more satisfying than cases of exogamy.

The multiple regression revealed that all of socio-economic factors dimensions have significant impact on the marital satisfaction among the participants except for gender.