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| More moms bring home the bacon -- and men approve - Newsday Posted: 29 May 2013 08:01 AM PDT Photo credit: Fotolia | America's working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children — a milestone in the changing face of modern families, up from just 11 percent in 1960. Still a man's world? Check your pay stub. A new study by the Pew Research Center found that in a record 40.4 percent of households with children, mom is the sole or primary breadwinner. That compares to 10.8 percent in 1960, according to Pew's analysis of Census Bureau data through 2011. In the case of married couples with children, almost a quarter of women take home a bigger paycheck than their husbands compared to 3.8 percent in 1960. PHOTOS: Forbes' 12 'Most Powerful Women' The trends reflect growing cracks in the glass ceiling that had limited opportunities for women in the workplace and employers' hunger for workers with advanced education. Allan Mohl, a family therapist with an office in Dobbs Ferry, said that the Hudson Valley men he sees in his practice have made a seamless transition to the new reality. "I think men are more accepting of the fact that their wives might make more," he said. "There are actually some guys who enjoy staying at home and taking care of the kids. There's been a big shift here." In 1960, about 16 percent of married couples had a husband who was better educated than his wife versus 7 percent where the wife had advanced further in school. Fast forward to 2011, however, the study said, and "the pattern has flipped," with 23 percent of women who are better educated than their husbands compared to 17 percent with a husband who has an educational edge. That educational gap has helped to narrow the wage gap, the study found, with 38 percent of women who had advanced further than their husband academically also out-earning him. That compares to 23 percent of wives who make more than their husbands when they have equivalent education. The change in attitudes found by Mohl among men in the Hudson Valley extends to those of both sexes nationwide, according to the report. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed in April rejected the notion that it is bad for a marriage if a wife earns more than her husband compared to 58 percent in 1997. Mohl said he expects the change in gender roles eventually to extend to the Oval Office. "The idea of having a woman president is no big deal anymore." User rating: (1) Click to rate | |
| 4.6 earthquake hits off Santa Barbara coast - Los Angeles Times Posted: 29 May 2013 08:10 AM PDT
A magnitude-4.6 earthquake struck off the Santa Barbara coast Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. |
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