When men who are married with children help out around the home and with children, their chance of divorce is lower than for men who do nothing.That’s the finding from research conducted through the London School of Economics and Political Science
While my initial reaction was “no shit Sherlock”, there are still a huge number of people in this country who believe that the ideal family model is not just nuclear and heterosexual, but one of rigid conformity to certain gender roles: male breadwinner and female housewife.
While my initial reaction was “no shit Sherlock”, there are still a huge number of people in this country who believe that the ideal family model is not just nuclear and heterosexual, but one of rigid conformity to certain gender roles: male breadwinner and female housewife.
As those family patterns have changed, the incidence of divorce has increased. This has led many economists to link married women pursuing careers with divorce. As Dr Sigle-Rushton, who led this research, points out:
"Economists have spent a good deal of time examining and trying to explain the positive association between female employment and divorce. However, in doing so, they have paid very little attention to the behaviour of men. This research addresses that oversight and suggests that fathers' contribution to unpaid work at home stabilises marriage regardless of mothers' employment status."
The research looked at 3,500 couples who had their first child in 1970 and subsequently stayed together for at least 2 years. It is published in the most recent issue of Feminist Economics.
Louise
"Economists have spent a good deal of time examining and trying to explain the positive association between female employment and divorce. However, in doing so, they have paid very little attention to the behaviour of men. This research addresses that oversight and suggests that fathers' contribution to unpaid work at home stabilises marriage regardless of mothers' employment status."
The research looked at 3,500 couples who had their first child in 1970 and subsequently stayed together for at least 2 years. It is published in the most recent issue of Feminist Economics.
Louise
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