Many studies indicates that marital satisfaction are affected by demographic factors (length of marriage, number of children the age of husband and wife income, and culture). The aimed of this study is to describe the differences in marital satisfaction based on demographic variables, between Indonesian and chinese wives. The subject in this studyare 463 wives (268 wives fromIndonesia and 195 wives from China). with in age range 25-45 years old. This study are quantitative research with survey methods using ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS). The aspectsof EMS Scale are Idealistic Distortion Marital Satisfaction, Personality Issues, Communication Conflict Resolution, Financial Management, Leisure Activities Sexual Relationship Children and Parenting, Family and Friends, Equalitarian Roles, and Religious Orientation. The data analysis using T-test & Mann U Whitney (non parametric). The result indicate marital satisfaction in Indonesian wives higher than Chinese wives. In demographic variable, there are significance differences between China and Indonesia in age, number of chiidren, age of children, job status, income, and education aspect. The length of marriage aspect has no different between Indonesian and Chinese wives
