<p>According to the World Happiness Report 2025, Türkiye’s life satisfaction remains notably low, and well-being is declining. Although economic conditions are an important factor affecting life satisfaction, cultural and demographic factors cannot be ignored. This study examines how both demographic and economic factors are associated with women’s life satisfaction. Although economic problems are growing year by year in Türkiye, cultural values regarding marriage have kept marriage rates relatively stable, even as fertility has declined rapidly — a notable tension in contemporary family life. Using nationally representative data from the 2018 Türkiye Demographic and Health Survey (<i>N</i> = 7,342), this study examines whether parity and partnership status are similarly associated with women’s life satisfaction. Ordered logistic regression with the complex survey design was used to examine the key variables. The findings revealed that the number of living children was not significantly associated with life satisfaction. Marital status, by contrast, shows a strong association: currently married women had substantially higher odds of reporting greater life satisfaction (OR = 2.05) than their never-married counterparts. Taken together, the results indicate that marital status, rather than parity, is more strongly associated with women’s life satisfaction in this setting.</p>