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Study: Sharing Housework Hazardous

Divorce rates are far higher among "modern" couples who share the housework than in those where the woman does the lion's share of the chores, a Norwegian study has found. In what appears to be a slap in the face for gender equality, the report found the divorce rate among couples who shared housework equally was around 50 per cent higher than among those where the woman did most of the work. "What we've seen is that sharing equal responsibility for work in the home doesn't necessarily contribute to contentment," said Dr Thomas Hansen, co-author of the study entitled "Equality in the Home". The lack of correlation between equality at home and quality of life was surprising, the researcher said/Todayonline. More here. (AP file photo for illustrative purposes)

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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