Abstract

The aim of the present study was to assess the determinant factors of couple communication and marital stability among adults in Assela Town Oromia Region Ethiopia Community-based crosssectional survey research design was used Proportionately stratified sampling along with simple random sampling technique was employed to recruit 390 respondents from 8 kebeles in Assela Town Apart from the interview Marital Communication Questionnaire MCQ and Marital Stability Questionnaire MSQ was employed to measure the status of marital communication and marital stability respectively Descriptive statistics percentage mean and standard deviation independent sample t-test ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data Findings indicated that the independent sample ttest result shows that sex of respondents had statistically significant mean difference in marital communication t 388 6 868 p 0 05 and marital stability t 388 3 966 p 0 05 respectively In this study ANOVA result revealed that educational status F 3 386 357 877 p 0 05 length of stay in marriage F 3 386 62 437 p 0 05 and age F 2 387 24 524 p 0 05 had statistically significant effect on respondents marital communication