In Korea, some dual-earner married couples, where both husbands and wives have careers, live separately because their workplaces are located too far for a daily commute. These “commuter couples” are on the rise all over the world. In general, physical closeness is important for the quality of the relationships; thus, marital satisfaction is one of the most important issues in the literature on commuter couples. While some studies found a lower quality of relationships among commuter couples, others found cohesive and trustful relationships in these couples. However, the existing studies were conducted mainly with convenience samples of specific occupational groups in developed countries. Using a recent representative sample of commuter couples in Korea, this study found that commuter couples report lower levels of marital satisfaction compared to typical dual-earner couples. Additionally, this study found that in commuter couples, wives feel less marital satisfaction compared to their husbands.

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韩国通勤夫妇的婚姻满意度

在韩国，一些夫妻双方都有事业的双职工夫妻分居，因为他们的工作地点太远，无法每天通勤。这些“通勤夫妇”在世界范围内呈上升趋势。一般来说，身体上的亲密对关系的质量很重要；因此，婚姻满意度是通勤夫妇文献中最重要的问题之一。虽然一些研究发现通勤夫妇之间的关系质量较低，但其他研究发现这些夫妇之间的关系具有凝聚力和信任。然而，现有的研究主要是针对发达国家特定职业群体的便利样本进行的。使用最近韩国通勤夫妇的代表性样本，这项研究发现，与典型的双职工夫妇相比，通勤夫妇报告的婚姻满意度较低。此外，这项研究发现，在通勤夫妇中，与丈夫相比，妻子对婚姻的满意度较低。