Length of Marriage and Number of Children as Determinants of Marital Satisfaction among Christian Couples in Baptist Churches in Lagos State, Nigeria

The study investigates length of marriage and number of children as determinants of marital satisfaction among Christian couples in Baptist churches in Lagos state, Nigeria. The study adopts a descriptive survey of the expo-facto type. The multistage sampling technique was utilized to select 42 Baptist Church couples who were selected from three local Baptist churches of the Baptist Conferences in Lagos. The comprehensive marital satisfaction scale r = 0.98 was the research instrument used. Two (2) research questions were raised and answered. The study reveals that there was a significant relationship between length of marriage and marital satisfaction, and also between number of children and marital satisfaction among Christian couples in Baptist churches in Lagos state, Nigeria. Based on these findings, married and would-be-couples are encouraged to give birth to a small size of children they can manage as that would reduce stress associated with parenting.