Women ‘not more deprived’ if partner sole earner

Women do not have higher deprivation levels in households where their male partners are the sole earner, it has emerged.

However, researchers at the Economic and Social Research Institute found where women were the only earner, the opposite was the case.

They did not find any evidence that the deprivation burden was more likely to fall on women, but not having a job slightly increased the deprivation for men.