Husbands do housework makes marriage more stable

How to maintain the marriage and boxes of chocolate willing to spend a romantic weekend, a full-time wife, not his wife is. A British study showed that husbands do more housework can help the marriage strong. Report from the latest issue of "Feminist Economics" published.

　　Household survey
"British cohort study" project was born the same week in 1970 were followed up for 1.6 million children in the family, collecting men share the housework within the first few weeks, procurement, child care, etc. data.

London Economics and Political Science senior lecturer in social policy areas Wendy - Siegler - Rushton reference to these data, the survey after 5 years of a child born in 3500 the couple did not divorce.

These households accounted for 33% of professional women. 51% of men do not or can only take on the task in a 24% take two, 25% of households strong sense of responsibility, commitment 3.

Survey, the wife housekeeping, housework husband's relationship with the risk of divorce: wife, household, husband basically do not do housework than their wives work outside the family, the husband around the house the family 97% higher risk of divorce.

　　Changing Role
"Economists expressed concern that women go out to work associated with the divorce rate," the British "Times" 13, citing Siegler - Rushton as saying, "but they are less concerned about the performance of men."

Siegler - Rushton noted that the role of men in the family. According to the survey, men do more housework, women work outside the home does not increase the risk of divorce. Regardless of whether women work, men share the housework can make the marriage stronger.

"Although women work outside the home may affect the stability of the family," she said, "but divorced men share the housework with the risk of greatly reduced."

Siegler - Rushton believes that "men, women inside the" traditional no longer apply. Since 1975, many women out of the house, the labor market structure changes, the traditional concept of male and female roles were challenged.

　　Men of
Latest data shows a group of British: 7 hours per week for single women to do housework, married or cohabiting women with her boyfriend up to 12 hours per week doing housework, while men's housework time per week for 4-5 hours.

"In the past too much emphasis on economics and sociology of women work outside the home, lack of focus on domestic factors," Siegler - Rushton said, "Our studies show that men on the effect of marriage."

Japanese Internet survey released in April this year institution Macromill survey results also showed that men do housework help to a solid marriage.

Survey, 516 married women aged over 20 to "happy", "more happy", "not happy" or "not happy" Evaluation of husband and wife. The results showed that the husband "in home cooking and clean up after meals" and "good cooking" of the family and marriage more happy.