ABSTRACT

The study examined the influence of socio-economic status on marital stability among couples in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Some relevant and related literature was reviewed in this study.

The descriptive survey research design was employed in this study for the assessment of the respondents’ opinion with the application of the questionnaire and the sampling technique. The questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents, while the sampling technique was used to select the sample size of the study.

In this study, 150 (one hundred and fifty) couples were involved. They were selected through the stratified sampling technique. Also, four (4) null hypotheses were formulated and tested in this study, using the One-way Anova and independent t-test statistical tools at 0.05 test, the following results emerged:

(1) Hypothesis one found that there is a significant influence of socio-economic status of couples on marital stability.

(2) Hypothesis two indicated that there is a significant difference between the attitude of couples from high socio-economic status and those from low socio-economic status.

(3)  Hypothesis three showed that there is a significant difference between the attitude of children from high socio-economic status and those from low socio-economic status homes.

(4)  Finally, hypothesis four revealed that there is no significant difference between the academic performance of children who come from poor socio-economic backgrounds and those from wealthy families.