This study investigated marital satisfaction and division of family-related tasks (i.e., domestic chores, socializing activities, and family-related decisions) among Japanese married couples in terms of actual division and discrepancy between actual and desired division of household tasks. Both husbands and wives showed high marital satisfaction, although wives' satisfaction was significantly lower than that of husbands. Wives performed almost all family-related tasks, and their marital satisfaction was moderately related to discrepancy between actual and desired division, but not the actual division. Husbands' marital satisfaction was not related to the division of family-related tasks.
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