Due to gender inequalities, men and women have different subjective experiences of marriage. This discrepancy between partners might be particularly salient in a rapidly changing society like Korea. This study asked how discrepancies among Korean middle aged couples’ beliefs about gender roles affect marital stability and well being. We used dyadic data from 1074 middle-aged Korean baby boomer couples to examine this question. Data were analyzed using actor-partner interdependence model (APIM). Dependent variables were marital stability and life satisfaction. Main independent variables were gender role attitudes, spousal relationship satisfaction and discrepancies in gender role attitude and spousal relationship satisfaction. Results show that only 42% of the couple shared an outlook of their marriage where neither husband nor wife ever considered divorce. In many couples, more wives considered divorce than husbands. When gender role attitude discrepancies between partners was larger, marital stability of the couple tend to be lower.
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