Background and objective:  Marital satisfaction is affected by many factors among which the safe and pleasurable marital relationships are the most important one. In Iran, marital satisfaction involves socio-cultural obstacles as well as the limiting policies which make research difficult. Therefore, adequate information is not available in the area. The aim of this research was to determine marital satisfaction level among the couples who intended to separate from each other and its association with some demographic factors.

Materials and methods: This descriptive-correlation study was conducted in 2015 through Black size Randomization among 130 couples intended to divorce referred to the family judicial complex in Borujerd County, Iran. ENRICH and demographic questionnaires were used for data collection and were analyzed through SPSS21.

Results: Marital satisfaction of 51% of women and 57% of men were low. The results also showed that there was a statistically significant association between marital satisfaction and the following factors: age difference of couples (p = 0.000), duration of married life (p = 0.048), education (p= 0.035) and income (p =0.041) and age difference of women (p = 0.000), marital type (p = 0.839), education (p = 0.045), but there was no statistically significant association between marital satisfaction and other factors tested in this study.

Conclusion: According to the results, practical strategies to improve couple's awareness about marital satisfaction and its vital influences on marital satisfaction is recommended. Further studies are needed to be done in order to provide research-based information in this field.

Paper type: Research Article.