Divorce rates are lower in families where husbands help out with the housework, shopping and childcare, according to a study of 3,500 British couples published Tuesday. Skip related content Related photos / videos Couples where men do housework are less likely to divorce Enlarge photo .The research by the London School of Economics (LSE), entitled "Men's Unpaid Work and Divorce", found that the more husbands helped out, the lower the incidence of divorce.
The study said its conclusions blew open the theory running since the 1960s that marriages were most stable when men focused on paid work and women were responsible for housework.
"The lowest-risk combination is one in which the mother does not work and the father engages in the highest level of housework and childcare," the study found.
Researcher Wendy Sigle-Rushton said economists have spent much time examining and trying to explain the link between women going to work and divorce rates.
"However, in doing so, they have paid very little attention to the behaviour of men. This research... suggests that fathers' contribution to unpaid work at home stabilises marriage regardless of mothers' employment status," she said.
The study analysed married couples who had their first child in 1970, a time when most mothers of young children stayed at home.
"The results suggest that the risk of divorce among working mothers, while greater, is substantially reduced when fathers contribute more to housework and childcare," she said.
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Posted: at 26-05-2010 08:59 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
ronaldson at 29-05-2010 01:53 PM (14 years ago) (m)
MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT BUT SOME TIME THE WOMAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF YOU HELPING AROUND THE HOUSE AND TRIES TO TURN YOU INTO MAID.
Posted: at 29-05-2010 01:53 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
"Those who will say nothing in the face of tyranny must endure the rule of idiots . All that you need for evil to triumph is for the good people to keep quiet and do nothing".
Posted: at 31-05-2010 01:20 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
"Those who will say nothing in the face of tyranny must endure the rule of idiots . All that you need for evil to triumph is for the good people to keep quiet and do nothing".
Posted: at 31-05-2010 01:24 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
"Those who will say nothing in the face of tyranny must endure the rule of idiots . All that you need for evil to triumph is for the good people to keep quiet and do nothing".
Posted: at 31-05-2010 01:28 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
no bi me and una abeg, any way i will help my girl or wife when i should but i can even cook when she is tired or have something very important to take care of if it's about taking care of our pikin i will do that with all pleasure trust me na baby nurse i be, as long as she didn't see it as my duty, it's not a problem to me but still dey inside because no bi every woman wey you help do house work go understand say na love make you do am and God no go let me see dose ones wey no get better brain to understand
Posted: at 4-06-2010 07:46 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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