The purpose of this study was to examine a path model that investigated the relations among socioeconomic variables. financial management and financial satisfaction of urban households. for this purpose conceptual framework based on the system theory of family resource management was suggested. Data were collected from questionaire with 254 financial managers who were residents of Seoul. The major findings of this study were as follows: (1) The variables that effected financial satisfaction directly ere financial knowledge monthly saving amounts the gap between the level and standard of living and financial implementing. The financial planning effected indirectly on financial satsfaction through financial implementing. (2) The findings of this study provided support for a systems approach to family financial management. There result indicated that it is the combined effect of inputs and throughputs that effects the output of financial satisfaction.