This study aims to determine the differences of marital satisfaction in couples with the same ethinic and different ethnic. The sampling technique used in this study was purposive sampling with characteristics a). age 21 -40 years, b). have been married for 3 years, and c). have children at least toddler age. The study sample consisted of 90 participants (45 couples of the same ethnic and 45 couples of different ethnic). The measurement of this study was used ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale

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... MS) by Fowers and Olson (19 89) which consisted of 33 items. Data analysis used an independent sample t -test with a significance value of 0.688 (p>0.05) which means that there is no difference in marital satisfaction between couples who have the same ethnicity and different ethnicities.