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. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images) In a growing share of U.S.
marriages, husbands and wives are earning the same amount of money. But despite this, new research suggests that the way couples divide their time at home remains unbalanced.
In egalitarian marriages – where both spouses earn roughly the same income – women spend roughly 2 hours more per week on caregiving than husbands do, and about 2.5 hours more on housework, according to new findings from Pew Research.
Husbands in these marriages spend about 3.5 hours more per week on leisure activities than wives do, the researchers found. In nearly a quarter (29%) of U.S.