El mejor remedio contra el divorcio es que el marido co-labore en la casa

Este estudio del London School of Economics ha sido levemente comentado por la prensa alemana. A mi modo de ver, en Alemania, deberían darle más importancia al tema. ¿Qué opinan? The link between divorce and men who help around the house = El vínculo entre el divorcio y la circunstancia de que los hombres ayuden en la casa. Aunque yo diría que, más que "ayudar", hay que co-trabajar, co-laborar, trabajar juntos :)

Cito algunas frases:

Divorce rates are lower in families where husbands help more with housework, shopping and childcare, according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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

It explodes the theory that marriages are most stable when men focus on paid work and women are responsible for housework, showing instead that fathers' contribution to housework and childcare stabilises marriage, regardless of mothers' employment status.

Economists have long argued that rising divorce rates, which began in the early 1960s, are linked with steady increases in the numbers of married women working, because marriages in which men take responsibility for paid work and women remain in the home make both spouses better off.

"Economists have spent a good deal of time examining and trying to explain the positive association between female employment and divorce. However, in doing so, they have paid very little attention to the behaviour of men. This research addresses that oversight and suggests that fathers' contribution to unpaid work at home stablises marriage regardless of mothers' employment status."

It found that, relative to families in which women are homemakers and men do little housework and childcare, the risk of divorce is 97% per cent higher when the mother works outside the home and her husband makes a minimal contribution to housework and childcare. However, there is no increased risk of divorce when the mother works and her husband's contribution to housework and childcare is at the highest level. The lowest-risk combination is one in which the mother does not work and the father engages in the highest level of housework and childcare.

¡Gracias LSE! ¡Es exactamente lo que yo vengo diciendo desde que llegué a Alemania! Pero claro, es más fácil simplificar las cosas y culpar siempre a la mujer que trabaja fuera de la casa...