Using reports from a sample of 370 urban husbands in the Upper East region of Ghana, we used partial least squares (PLS) modeling procedures to examine predictors of marital quality. The proposed model is based on studies of marriages in North America and available literature on the traditional African family. Our results indicate that communication style and decision-making attitudes have a direct effect on marital quality: Open communication between spouses increases marital quality while male-dominated decision making has a negative impact. Traditional gender-role attitudes and wife’s employment status affected marital quality indirectly by influencing communication style and decision-making. Thus, Ghanaian husbands with less patriarchal attitudes and behavior reported higher marital quality.

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