Impact of Family Environment on Marital Adjustment among Employed and Unemployed Women in Malappuram District, Kerala

Marriage is an understanding, feeling, and adjustment between the husband and wife for their happiness, satisfaction with each other. Usually, couples marry fully of high expectations from each other. Employed women are working outside the home and unemployed mean housewives. It is very hard and challenging for working women to balance both the role inside and outside the family. In the family environment, there will be an emotional environment in a family in which there are love, peace, and support for each other. From interpersonal relationships in a family, the family environment develops. The main purpose of this study is to determine the impact of family environment on marital adjustment among employed and unemployed women in Malappuram District. The respondents for the present study are 150 women between the ages group of 30 -55 years. Out of which 75 working women and 75 housewives. The respondents were drawn from the process of random sampling technique. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of working and non-working women are the average level of marital adjustment. The result also shows that the mean scores of employed and unemployed women are significantly different in their marital adjustment. The mean scores of the Family environment and marital adjustment of working women are significantly differed and similarly for unemployed women