Household chores not the reason why many marriages split after all

Household chores not the reason why many marriages split after all: "The new research is based on data from 6,300 married couples who were interviewed between 1968 and 2013.

Because so many marriage battles are fought over chores, two findings were notable:

Among couples who married before 1975, the risk of divorce went up when women did a smaller amount of housework.
Among the couples who married after 1975, only the husband's employment status strongly affected the risk of divorce.
It's unclear why the husband's job loss is so important when it comes to divorce.

"I could speculate that losing a job might bring with it depression or some other kinds of mental health issues," Killewald said.

There is some suggestion in the data that among couples where both spouses work full time, divorce is less likely if the man shoulders more household chores. But that finding could be due to chance, she said.

The link between a husband's job loss and a higher risk of divorce doesn't surprise Daniel Shaw, chair and professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

"The study is interesting because it suggests that males are still expected to bring home the bacon to some extent," says Shaw, who is unaffiliated with the new research."



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