A comparison was made of 104 married couples rated by friends as well adjusted and 70 couples rated by friends as proorly adjusted. Little or no relationship was found between marital adjustment and factors such as family authority patterns of childhood, sex favoritism on the part of parents, sibling position, nativity of parents, and occupation of father. The evidence suggested relationships between material adjustment and factors such as unequal intimacy of women with their parents, excess or deficiency of friendships with the opposite sex on the part of men, similarity of mates as regard to schooling, and assortative mating with respect to age.