When it comes to race and ethnicity, “Black wives are significantly more likely than wives from other racial or ethnic groups to be the breadwinner in their marriage.” Today, one in four wives who are Black make more money than their husbands. Pew concluded that education is a key factor in the growing number of women who are breadwinners in their marriages. In 25% of the women-led breadwinner marriages, the wife had received more education than her husband. In marriages in which wives are the sole or primary breadwinner, 19% have at least a bachelor’s degree. It’s also important to note that the wives’ education, race, and ethnicity play a factor in the likelihood that she’ll outearn her husband. Notably, half (49%) of adults polled said that contributions women make at home and at work are valued equally. What does this research indicate?Īccording to Pew, it’s clear that “a majority of Americans say that society values men’s contributions at work more than their contributions at home.” When polled by Pew, only 7% of Americans agreed that society valued men’s contributions at home more than those at work, while 35% said the contributions are valued equally. But even in the case where the wife is the sole breadwinner, household chores hit equal numbers the men do not outperform their wives on household chores. However, the only situation in which men spend more time doing housework and caregiving is when “the wife is the sole breadwinner,” says Pew.
Similar incomes or income situations in which the husband is outearning his wife yield the same result when it comes to duties at home. The same Pew study also pointed out a drastic difference in the way men and women spend their time when they’re not in the office.Įven in marriages where both spouses earn similar incomes, “women pick up a heavier load when it comes to household chores and caregiving responsibilities, while men spend more time on work and leisure,” notes Pew. However, just because financial equality is seemingly on the horizon doesn’t mean that men and women are equal in terms of the non-paid work put in at home. It’s perhaps most notable when you put it like this: In total, men are breadwinners in 55% of all heterosexual marriages in the U.S. as of 2022, while over 50 years ago, men were the breadwinners in 85% of marriages.
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