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When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey

Marta Kowal 1
Agata Groyecka-Bernard 1
Marta Kochan Wójcik 1
Piotr Sorokowski 1
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-04-22
scimago Q1
wos Q2
SJR0.803
CiteScore5.4
Impact factor2.6
ISSN19326203
Multidisciplinary
Abstract

The present global study attempts to verify the links between marital satisfaction and the number of children as well as its moderators in an international sample. Data for the study was obtained from our published dataset and included 7178 married individuals from 33 countries and territories. We found that the number of children was a significant negative predictor of marital satisfaction; also sex, education, and religiosity were interacting with the number of children and marital satisfaction, while there were no interactions with economic status and individual level of individualistic values. The main contribution of the present research is extending our knowledge on the relationship between marital satisfaction and the number of children in several, non-Western countries and territories.

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Kowal M. et al. When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey // PLoS ONE. 2021. Vol. 16. No. 4. p. e0249516.
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Kowal M., Groyecka-Bernard A., Kochan Wójcik M., Sorokowski P. When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey // PLoS ONE. 2021. Vol. 16. No. 4. p. e0249516.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0249516
UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249516
TI - When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey
T2 - PLoS ONE
AU - Kowal, Marta
AU - Groyecka-Bernard, Agata
AU - Kochan Wójcik, Marta
AU - Sorokowski, Piotr
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/04/22
PB - Public Library of Science (PLoS)
SP - e0249516
IS - 4
VL - 16
PMID - 33886597
SN - 1932-6203
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@article{2021_Kowal,
author = {Marta Kowal and Agata Groyecka-Bernard and Marta Kochan Wójcik and Piotr Sorokowski},
title = {When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
year = {2021},
volume = {16},
publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},
month = {apr},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249516},
number = {4},
pages = {e0249516},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0249516}
}
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Kowal, Marta, et al. “When and how does the number of children affect marital satisfaction? An international survey.” PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 4, Apr. 2021, p. e0249516. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249516.