INVESTIGATION OF MARITAL COMPATIBILITY OF COUPLES IN KYRGYZSTAN ACCORDING TO THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

The purpose of this research is to investigate the marital compatibility of married individuals in Kyrgyzstan according to their demographic characteristics. The study examines whether there are significant differences in marital compatibility levels according to the number of children, economic status, duration of marriage, type of marriage, and employment status of married individuals. In order to achieve the defined research objective, a descriptive survey model was used as a quantitative research method. The study group co nsisted of 173 married individuals selected based on volunteerism in Kyrgyzstan, with 38 men and 135 women participating. The "Personal Information Form" created by the researcher to collect socio-demographic information and the "Updated Marital Compatibility Scale" were used as data collection tools. The data obtained from the participants were analyzed using the SPSS 24.0 program. To assess the differentiation of variables, the relationship of dependent variables with two categorical variables was analyzed using independent samples t-test. For analyses with multiple categorical variables, ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) was used.