Men doing the housework reduces divorce risk: study

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LONDON (AFP) – Divorce rates are lower in families where husbands help out with the housework, shopping and childcare, according to a study of 3,500 British couples published Tuesday.

The research by the London School of Economics (LSE), entitled "Men's Unpaid Work and Divorce", found that the more husbands helped out, the lower the incidence of divorce.

The study said its conclusions blew open the theory running since the 1960s that marriages were most stable when men focused on paid work and women were responsible for housework.

"The lowest-risk combination is one in which the mother does not work and the father engages in the highest level of housework and childcare," the study found.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100518/lf_afp/lifestylebritainfamilydivorce

The study only goes back to 1970, and it's in England rather than America, but I'd doubt there's much difference here and now.