PETALING JAYA: Couples in Malaysia have one of the highest levels of satisfaction in their relationships, according to Ipsos's Global Love Life Satisfaction survey released ahead of Valentine's Day.
"A total of 90% of Malaysian couples say they are satisfied with their relationship with their spouse or partner, 80% of Malaysians say they are satisfied with feeling loved while 57% say they are satisfied with their romantic or sex life," the survey says.
Malaysia joins Indonesia (94%), the Netherlands (94%) and Thailand (90%) with couples satisfied with their relationship with their spouse or partner while those in Japan (70%) and South Korea (73%) are the least likely.
On average, only 14% of couples say they are not very or not at all satisfied with their relationship with their spouse or partner.
"Across 32 countries, on average, more than four in five people who are married or partnered (84%) say they are satisfied with their relationship," it says.
"Three in four (76%) say they are satisfied with feeling loved, while only two in three (63%) say they are satisfied with their romantic or sex life."
The survey finds that feeling loved is more common among Boomers (80%) than it is among Gen X (75%), Millennials (76%), and Gen Z (76%).
Millennials (68%) are most likely to be satisfied with their romantic or sex life, compared to Gen X (62%), Gen Z (59%), and Boomers (61%).
Notably, at a global level, there is no significant difference in how satisfied men and women are with their love life.
Men and women are nearly equally likely to be satisfied with their spouse or partner if they have one (85% for men and 83% for women), with their romantic or sex life (63% for both), and with how much they feel loved (75% for men and 76% for women).
