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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.

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\u00e2\u0080\u009cWhat we\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve seen is that sharing equal responsibility for work in the home doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t necessarily contribute to contentment,\u00e2\u0080\u009d said Thomas Hansen, co-author of the study entitled \u00e2\u0080\u009cEquality in the Home\u00e2\u0080\u009d.

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The lack of correlation between equality at home and quality of life was surprising, the researcher said.

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\u00e2\u0080\u009cOne would think that break-ups would occur more often in families with less equality at home, but our statistics show the opposite,\u00e2\u0080\u009d he said.

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The figures clearly show that \u00e2\u0080\u009cthe more a man does in the home, the higher the divorce rate,\u00e2\u0080\u009d he went on.

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It's science! You can't argue with science. Via Couples who share the housework are more likely to divorce, study finds - Telegraph.

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