| Summary: | Marital quality is influenced by several factors, among them, money. Therefore, this study aimed
to investigate the relationship between money management and marital quality. We performed
a quantitative research with a correlational design. One hundred and forty-three
couples, officially married or living together, between 19 and 81 years participated. We applied
a sociodemographic questionnaire, the DAS, the GRIMS and a questionnaire about handling
money. Descriptive and inferential analysis were made. The results revealed that the majority
of couples (58%) uses the shared management system of money, 25% manage separately and
17% delegate the management to one of the spouses. The couples who uses the shared management
showed higher levels of marital quality and greater degree of happiness with the relationship.
These results corroborate previous studies, confirming that the management of
money is associated with marital quality
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