Housing Cost Burden and Marital Satisfaction
Keywords
finances, financial stressors, housing, housing burden, marital satisfaction, marriage, stress
Abstract
This study assessed the relationship between housing burden ratios and marital satisfaction. We also examined whether economic pressure might mediate this association and whether housing satisfaction would moderate it. Using existing data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n = 5,109 participants), results suggested that participants' housing burden ratio was negatively associated with marital satisfaction. Among homeowners, having a paid-off home mortgage was positively associated with marital satisfaction. These relationships were fully mediated by feelings of economic pressure. Although housing satisfaction was positively associated with marital satisfaction, it did not mediate the association between participants' housing burden ratio and their reported marital satisfaction.
Original Publication Citation
Nelson, S.*, Delgadillo, L., & Dew, J. P. (2013). Housing cost burden and marital satisfaction. Marriage and Family Review, 49, 546–561.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Nelson, Samantha; Delgadillo, Lucy; and Dew, Jeffrey P., "Housing Cost Burden and Marital Satisfaction" (2013). Faculty Publications. 4528.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/4528
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2013-09-04
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7335
Publisher
Marriage & Family Review
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Family Life
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