From your sources: > marriages where the husband is the primary or sole breadwinner has fallen steadily in recent decades, driven mainly by the declining shar

From your sources: > marriages where the husband is the primary or sole breadwinner has fallen steadily in recent decades, driven mainly by the declining share of marriages where the husband is the sole provider – this was the arrangement in 49% of marriages in 1972, while today that share is _23%_. > share of marriages where the wife is the sole or primary breadwinner has increased from 5% in 1972 to _16%_ today Well I would've expected that to be a bit higher, but that's still only a 7% difference which is extremely minimal given that it's not been that long historically since it's even been, you know... legal. The rise of both having to be equal providers probably has more to do with the rising cost of living and flat wages than anything else. Some of that caused by suddenly having twice the workforce of course.