According to Wen Hsin-ts'ai's study, clear sources of stress for married couples are "major changes in one's financial situation" and "the wife beginning or stopping work outside the home."
但進了「圍城」的人，關切的就是柴米油鹽了，在溫信財的調查中，已婚者對「經濟情況在重大改變」、「太太開始或停止在外工作」有明顯的壓力。