Husbands’ housework ‘reduces chances of divorce’

COUPLES are less likely to get divorced if husbands help more with housework, shopping and childcare, research revealed.

Husbands’ housework ‘reduces chances of divorce’

The study of 3,500 British couples after the birth of their first child found the more husbands helped, the lower the incidence of divorce.

Economists have previously argued that rising divorce rates, which began in the early 1960s, are linked with steady increases in the numbers of married women working.

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