Penny Booth: Househusbands?

Househusbands? 

I am all in favour. The Times yesterday reports on a ten-fold increase in the number of househusbands based on 6% of men reporting themselves as their children's primary carer. Eighteen percent of couples surveyed by Aviva an insurance company declared themselves to be sharing the responsibility of childcare.

The survey conducted by Aviva was based on over 1 000 parents and 16% were in families where the woman was the main breadwinner and the family had dependent children.

What I would like to know is the age of the children and the age of the parents questioned.

There seems to be a rise in the number of men who are (mainly) staying at home looking after the children while their female partners go out to help support the family. Higher salaries for female workers may be the main issue here and that is only fair and good but it appears that in exchange for higher salaries women tend...

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