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Marriage is one of the most important events in most people’s lives. In almost all cultures, marriages involve a commitment to remain in a close relationship forever through the remainder of one’s life. It is a very serious commitment and although only some couples maintain the goal of remaining married to one person throughout life. Marriage is one of the difficult homework given to every person and it is the role of the partners to find the best way that will support their marriage to become a good and comfortable marriage (Dr. Clyde and Narromore). Marital adjustment is the process during which partners in a marriage adapt and change to their new roles complementing each other acting as a team opposed to two separate units, it is also important to unify the following interests and values marriage open lines of communication and encouraging the expression of each other’s communication. Burges’s and Catrell’s formulation scientists have examined extensively the factors constituting marital adjustment. Agreement between spouses on important matters is critical to a well-adjusted marriage, though minor differences may broaden their perspectives matters such as philosophy, political, orientation and attitude towards gender role are detrimental to marital adjustment. In a well-adjusted marriage, both spouses try to make sure that their marriage will be successful. Husband and wife share similar interests, ideas and are involved in joint activities. It seems that a well-adjusted marriage is where both partners are happy as well as satisfied with each other, and those couples who are not happy with each other but whose marriages are long lasting are not well adjusted ones. Partners in adjusted marriages love to share warmness and it is also exhibited as affectionate behaviour. Finally, we can say that the level of stress and tension in a well-adjusted marriage is marginal and if tension rise it is also resolute probably with communication and spending quality of time and as a result amount of stress, tension and anxiety is normally found very low.

Family is the smallest construction block of the society where great and warm family relation is the assurance of the upcoming of the society(Kisşlak 2012).In the present changing scenario a new picture of marital life is emerging. Slowly but surely, women are entering to semi professional and professional occupations.Research revealed that gender and family type had no evidential main effect on locus of control. But a significant interaction was found between gender and family type. While On the other hand, family type had a significant effect on marital adjustment, i. e. nuclear family couple's marital adjustment is better than joint family couples.(Lailun Nahar 2020) Social support is a factor which is positively associated with marital adjustment, even though it showed a negative connection with anxiety, depression, and stress in working and nonworking women; this finding explore the better mental health of the working and non working women. Social support play a role as a moderator for marital consistency, affection, stress, and depression, and the results reflected that nonworking women with higher marital consistency and warmth showed less stress and depression because of social support. (Jaffar Abbas et.al 2019)Some researches revealed that the level of marital adjustment for mothers increases the maternal attachment.the level of maternal attachment was high, when the level of marital adjustment was liminal. There are many factors affecting sociodemographic characteristics, pregnancy and baby care. (Birsen MutluZeynep, ErkutZeynem, YıldırımNurgül & Gündoğdu 2018) Occupation is one of the most crucial factors, which brings many changes in the life of women; it brings along with it several expectations, burden, time strain and commitments that may have an effect on the mental health of women. In present scenario Working women are more prone to marital adjustment issue because they have lot of work in two environments, home environment as well as work environment one. The success of marital life much depends upon the success in marital adjustment by both husband and wife. (Asiya Ameen 2017) Whether working on the job or at home, women have to play diverse and simultaneous roles by frequently switching on from one role to the other. Researchers have concluded that women need to confront the professional duties and family responsibilities with a congruent approach (Valimakaki et al. 2009). In order to be successful in balancing work and family life, working mothers have been found to be making several marital partnerships with their spouses inclusive of sharing house work, mutual involvement in childcare, joint decision making, equal financial influence and sharing emotional stress (Zimmerman et al.2003). Workng women cannot pay full attention to their family and are unable to satisfy their members. Whereas the non-working married women have more time to their household task and their married life goes smooth. According to the researches working married women cannot properly adjust with their married life because they have many roles to play at a time to find out the level of mental health of working and nonworking women. (Singh 2005, Sharma 1990). Marriage in reality is a way of living. It is not always full of roses; but its success depends upon adjustment on the part of both the partners involved. With the rise in the number of dual-career families, the adjustment and marital relationship are major challenges in most of the families. In India nine out of ten working women are informal workers. They have to face adjustment problems. The adjustment and relationship are major challenges in most of the families. Couples from nuclear families found better marital adjustment in comparison to the joint family couples which means family type found significantly effective on marital adjustment among couples.(Nahar & Mohajan 2020)

Independent Variable 1.Working status of wife i.Working Wife ii.Nonworking Wife 2. Family Type i.Joint Family ii. Nuclear Family Dependent variable Marital Adjustment A 2X2 factorial design was employed in the research. The first variable of the study consisted of two groups of couples on the basis of the work status of the wife, they were couple with working wives and couples with house making wives. The second variable of the study was the family type which was varied at two levels i.e., Nuclear family and joint family. The effect of these two variables was studied on marital adjustment.

The Sample for the study consisted of 128 adults (64 married educated couples) of the age range 25-35 belonging to medium economic status. The data were randomly collected from schools and offices of Meerut city. These couples consisted of two groups of couples with working wives and couples with house making wives with 32 couples in each group. In both groups, the husband was working but the wife’s work status was varied. Each group of working wives and house making wives further consisted of two groups of family type, they were a nuclear and joint family with 16 Ss in each cell. 

Obtain data were analyzed with the help of mean and ANOVA. 

Table- 1 Showing Mean of Marital Adjustment Score of work status

Variables	Level	Mean Value
Work Status	Working	22.37
	House making	19.93

 

 

 

 

The Table-

1 indicated that mean marital adjustment score of the group of couple with  working wife (M 22.37) was significantly higher than couple with house making wife (M 19.93).  This indicated that the two groups work status differs significantly on marital adjustment of married adults.

Graphical representation of Mean of Marital Adjustment Score of work status

 

Table -2 Showing Mean of Family Type scores of Marital Adjustment of working and non working adults

Variables	Level	Mean Value
Family Type	Nuclear	24.43
	Joint	17.87

Table-2 indicated Mean of marital adjustment scores of two groups of family type of the group of couple with nuclear family (M-24.43) was significantly higher than couple with joint family (M-17.87) This  indicated that the two groups differ significantly on marital adjustment of married adults. 

Graphical representation of Mean of Marital Adjustment Score of family type

Table -3 Showing summary of ANOVA of Marital Adjustment for the group of Family Type and group of couple with working and house making adults

Source of Variation	SS	Df	MS	F	P value
Working &non working(A)	95.06	1	95.06	15.92**	P<.01
Family type(B)	689.06	1	689.06	115.42**	P<.01
Interaction(AXB)	60.06	1	60.06	10.06**	P<.01
Within group	358.26	60	5.97
Total	1202.41	63

The result indicated a significant effect of work status of wife was found on marital adjustment of couples. [F (63, 1=15.92; p<.01)] because working couples have good marital Adjustment level in various areas of life for example- social, emotional, and sexual.Repetti, Mathews, and Waldron (1989) concluded that employment was associated with improved health for married women who held a positive attitude toward employment. Crosby (1991) concluded that women who juggle multiple roles are less depressed than other women. Moreover wives’ earnings can affect marital disruption, having either advantageous(G.H. Conger et al., 1990. Zedlewski (2002) studied economic factor in relation to family well-being, he found that low family income and limited benefits have negative influences on child and family well-being.

Voyandoff (1990) studied economic distress and family relations.  Ross & Mirowsky (1992) and Yadollahi (2009) studied that employment of spouses and the sense of control in various types of stressors of marital life.

Diener and Diener (2001) investigated that wealth is related to many positive outcomes in life. Gudmunson, Beutler, Israelsen, McCoy & Hill (2007) found that financial problems significantly contributed to lower reported marital satisfaction among married couples.

A significant effect of family type was found on marital adjustment.[F(63,1=115.42;P<.01)].Marital Adjustment is higher in couples in nuclear family because in nuclear family there is greater degree of freedom for spouses. The status of the woman is higher and she often takes up employment outside the home. The material well- being of children, such as healthcare and education, is higher because of more resources available. Nuclear families are adaptable to social change.

A significant interaction effect between family type and work status was found on marital adjustment. [F (63,1=10.06;p<.01)]. In today's traditional nuclear families, it is common to have dual incomes. Both parents work to provide financial stability for the household, creating a larger cash flow to supply the basic family needs of housing, food and healthcare. Financial stability also allows the parents to provide additional extracurricular opportunities for their children, such as music or athletic lessons. These opportunities allow children to flourish socially and develop a higher level of confidence.

Table 4 Showing Interaction Effect between working Status and family type on Marital Adjustment working and non working adults

Working Status	Nuclear	Joint
Working	24.68	20.06
Non Working	24.18	15.68

Table 4 showing interaction effects between work status and family type of marital adjustment of married adults. Mean for marital adjustment score indicated that couple with working wife in nuclear family subject (M=24.68) was significantly higher than couple with working wife in joint family (M=20.06). Similarly couple with house making wife in nuclear family (M=24.18) are significantly higher than couple with house making wife in joint family (M=15.68). This means that the two group scores interact significantly. The same results are depicted in fig 4.

Therefore, the null hypothesis that there will be no significant interaction effect between working status and family type on marital adjustment of married adults is rejected substantive hypothesis that there will be a significant effect of work status and Family type on marital adjustment of adults is accepted.

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