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다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The marital relationship plays a crucial function in most aged couple`s lives. The objective of the study, based on a survey conducted among 178 couples with retired husbands, living in Seoul, was to delineate the relationship between the conjugal relations and the marital satisfaction. In examining three aspects of marital relations; emotional support from spouse, involvement of household chores, and decision-making patterns, the study, first compared the perceived differences between husbands and wives in these areas and second evaluated their association with marital satisfaction. The research finding has indicated no gender differences in the perceptions of emotional support from spouse and of sharing decision-making with spouse; however, the hushands` perception of their own involvement in the household chores scored higher than those of wives. Education, health, income and length of marriage of the couples have shown no significant impact on the couples` marital satisfaction. Of those marital characteristics, the emotional support from one`s spouse has been found to be the most important factor in the marital satisfaction for both husbands and wives. Furthermore, the effect of emotional support on the marital satisfaction was greater for wives than for husbands.