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Studies show that marriages where women work are more likely to stay together, than those who don't work outside the home.

The shift away from the typical breadwinner-homemaker marriages in the 1980's to an egalitarian marriage, where both spouses work, were brought about by equal share of responsibilities such as decision making, housekeeping and child care responsibilities.

Equitable distribution of house work have lessened grumblings of wives about house work, since the husband also contributed to keeping things in order at home. The general increase in family income, where wives' contributions increased from 21 to 32 percent, provoked this change.

Although it is still an open question on the effects on children, an article on the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management shows that "The more recent and more convincing studies tend to show that women's employment and earnings increase marital stability."

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