Social-Economic Factors and Christian Marital Stability in Tharaka- Nithi County, Kenya

Social-economic status plays significant role by guiding couples pursue and maintain intimacy and healthy marital affairs. It also provides couples with the necessary social and economic elements that improve their social and economic life. The study examined the influence of social-economic factors on Christian marital stability in Tharaka- Nithi County Kenya. Tharaka-Nithi County was purposively selected using purposive sampling technique since it is highly affected by cases of Christian marital divorces and conflicts. It adopted descriptive survey design. The researcher used Krejcie and Morgan sample determination table to determine 254 respondents from 750 target population. 250 married couples were randomly selected using simple random sampling technique and 4 priests purposively sampled using purposive sampling technique. A reliability coefficient of 0.740 was obtained using person’s product correlation coefficient. The researcher made questionnaires were utilized to collect data from 250 married couples and 4 priests. The data was organized and analyzed using inferential statistic of data analysis. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse qualitative data. T-test was used to test null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that there was significant influence of couple’s income level in Christian marital stability in Tharaka- Nithi County. The study further found that there was a significant influence of couple’s educational level on Christian marital stability in Tharaka- Nithi County. The researcher concluded that Couples’ income level has significant influence on Christian marital stability in Tharaka-Nithi County. Couples’ educational level has significant influence on Christian marital stability in Tharaka- Nithi County. Social-economic factors are fundamental necessities in development and stability of Christian marriages in Tharaka-Nithi County. The researcher recommended that each partner in a Christian marriage should improve income by venturing into business activities. Every partner in marriage should promote educational level by attending technical and vocational educational training institutes.