Male help around the house keeps away threat of divorce

IN A conclusion that defies conventional thinking, research has revealed that couples are less likely to be divorced if husbands help more with housework, shopping and childcare.

The major study of 3,500 British couples after the birth of their first child found the more husbands helped, the lower the incidence of divorce.

Economists have previously argued that rising divorce rates, which began in the early 1960s, are linked with steady increases in the numbers of married women working.