Dual-earner families: Mum and Dad share the workload, Norwegian study suggests
Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
For the first time research is being carried out on the degree to which dual-earner families in Norway share paid and unpaid work. It is a key aim of Norwegian policy to promote an equal distribution of paid and unpaid work among dual-earner couples with children. The researchers conclude that roughly 40 per cent of the couples have a gender-equal relationship in that the mother and the father share both unpaid and paid work equally.