4. Having a husband who doesn’t work full-time
Next on our list of things that predict divorce is having a husband with a part-time job or with no job at all. According to a 2016 Harvard study published in the American Sociological Review, it’s not a couple’s finances that affect their odds of getting a divorce, but rather the division of labor.
One of the researchers, Alexandra Killewald, analyzed marriages that began after 1975, and she discovered that couples in which the husband didn’t work full-time had a 3.3% chance of divorcing the following year, compared to 2.5% among couples in which the husband did work full-time.
When it comes to wives’ employment status, the study found that it didn’t much affect the couple’s chances of divorce.
Experts point out that the stereotype of the male breadwinner is still alive and can affect marital stability.
Keep reading to discover other things that predict divorce!