Becoming a Female-Breadwinner Household in Australia: Changes in Relationship Satisfaction

Abstract

Objective: This study longitudinally investigated the associations between becoming a female-breadwinner household and changes in relationship satisfaction for men and women. Background: Female-breadwinner households pose a fundamental challenge to gender norms, particularly in countries such as Australia with a strong male breadwinner culture. Despite an increase in their prevalence, the implications for relationship satisfaction is understudied. Hypotheses were formulated based on specialization, relative resource, role collaboration, and doing gender theories. Method: A total of 17 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia household panel survey (76,866 observations,..