Division of Household Labor, Perceived Justice (Fairness), and Marital Satisfaction

Housework، its determinants and the outcomes of household labor division came into the focus of research in 1990s. While the number of women who work outside the house is significantly increasing، they still have the responsibility of housekeeping and child rearing. This research aims to study household labor division and its determining factors، the perceived fairness of household labor division، and their impact on marital satisfaction. The statistical population of this study included all employed married women and housewives in Kamyaran، Kordestan Province، Iran. A group of 162 employed married women was selected through convenient sampling method، and 150 housewives through multi-cluster sampling method. A series of statistical analyses including Pearson correlation coefficient، t-test، partial correlation and regression analysis was used to study the rela-tionship between the variables. According to the results of the research، in women، there is a positive، but weak، relationship between house-hold labor and marital satisfaction، but the relationship between perceived fairness of household labor and marital satisfaction is a stronger one. According to the model extracted from regression analysis، 16. 9 percent of the variance of marital satisfaction can be accounted for by perceived fairness and 5. 5 percent of the variance of household labor division can be expl-ained by the work hours and husba-nd’s education variables.