Abstract：The purpose of the present study was to examine the moderating effect of marital quality on the relationship between wives' relative income and risk of divorce. 763 urban married women with children in Beijing were selected through the school-base to complete the questionnaire. The results show that after controlling for age, education and family income, wives' relative income is positively associated with their probability of divorce, that is, higher-earning wives have reported higher divorce probability than those who earn less and equal as the men. And marital satisfaction and positive marital interaction is affected by the interaction between wives' income relative to family income and its effect on risk of divorce.
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