In U.S. marriages where spouses earn the same income, husbands were still found to spend more time on leisure, while wives spend more time on caregiving and chores, according to Pew Research.
FILE - A toddler plays in the living room while his mother works on a laptop in the home office in a file image dated Jan. 20, 2021. . But despite this, new research suggests that the way couples divide their time at home remains unbalanced.
In nearly a quarter of U.S. marriages today, both spouses earn about the same amount of money, Pew Research said. Just over half of marriages today have a husband who is the primary or sole breadwinner, and 16% have a breadwinner wife, Pew Research said.
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