The research aimed mainly to identify the level of marital distress of the respondents with its eight studied dimensions (General chagrin, aggression between spouses, participation' weakness between spouses, poor emotional communication, method of discussing and solving problems, conflicts related to methods of raising children, financial disputes, dissatisfaction with sexual relations) and the total marital distress.Determining the relative contribution of the studied quantitative independent variables in explaining the variation in the degree of marital distress for the respondents with its eight studied dimensions and the total marital distress,the research was conducted in the district of Tanta in Gharbiah Governorate, where the village of Shawany was chosen randomly, and the sample size of the research was amounted to 365 households according to equation of Krejcie and Morgan. The respondents were selected on the condition that they are married, the husband is a permanent resident and she has at least one child of school age.Data was collected by using the personal interviewing questionnaire during the months of June and July 2021.The descriptive approach, the analytical approach, and the appropriate statistical methods were used.