According to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, in 2009, around 37.7% of married women in the United States had higher
incomes than their husbands, compared with 23.7 percent in 1987.
Despite the significant
rise in the number of women taking the title of primary breadwinner, the gender
stereotype remains that men should be the main earners in a household, and, as
a result, many men feel they are expected to earn more than their partners.
But
according to the new research, this expectation is bad news for men's mental
health.
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The investigators reached their findings by analyzing the data
of married couples aged 18-32 who were part of the 1997-2011 waves of the
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
The team looked at the
income of partners in each couple over time, as well as information on the
mental and physical health of each partner - as determined by scores on health
questionnaires.
Overall, the researchers
identified a reduction in psychological health and well-being among husbands
who increasingly adopted more financial responsibility than their wives.
Men's mental and
physical health fared worst in the years they were the primary breadwinners of
the household, the team found.
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