Equity and Marital Satisfaction in Iranian Employed and Unemployed Women

The aims of the present study are twofold: (1) Is there any relationship between equity and its components with marital satisfaction? (2) Is there any difference in equity between employed and unemployed women? In this study 100 women were selected with convenient sampling and they responded to marital equity researcher-made questionnaire and Hudson marital satisfaction index (IMS). The main findings indicated that there are positive and significant correlations between equity and its components and marital satisfaction. Also we found a meaningful difference in equity between employed and unemployed women, as employed women felt more in equity in their marital relationship.