The Household Division of Labor

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There’s been no end of talk in recent years about husbands and wives ditching traditional gender roles and taking on tasks historically associated with the other sex. Now, a Gallup poll suggests it hasn’t been much more than talk.

Husbands are still much more likely than wives to be the spouse who maintains the family car (69 percent vs. 13 percent) and does the yard work (57 percent vs. 12 percent). And wives remain much more likely than husbands to be in charge of grocery shopping (53 percent vs.

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