At Home, Women Rule

LiveScience Staff, LiveScience.com 

Men might strut their stuff on Wall Street and on Capitol Hill,

but across America women wield the power on the home

front.

A survey by the Pew Research Center, announced today,

finds that among 43 percent of couples the woman makes

more of the decisions in the domestic realm than men do.

By contrast, men make more of the decisions in only

about a quarter of all couples. And about three-in-ten

couples split decision-making responsibilities equally.

The results support research published last year that

found women have more power at home than their

husbands. The past research was based on videos of the

couples rather than self-reports about decisions, as is the

case for the new study.

The results come from a survey of 1,260 individuals who

were married or living as a couple. Respondents indicated

if they or their partners had the final say in certain areas

of decision-making.

These areas included choosing shared weekend

activities, buying major things for the home, deciding what

to watch on television and managing household finances.

Though participants weren't given the option to say they

shared decision-making with partners, many said they

jointly called the shots at home, in the following ways:

·           About half of the respondents said they jointly decide

    or had no fixed pattern for decisions about shared

    weekend activities and buying big things for the home.

·           About four-in-ten said the same about television

    choices, and about one-in-three said the same about

    managing the household finances.

·           For the 43 percent of men who don't have a final say

     in any of the four areas of domestic life, they either

     shared decision-making or deferred to their female

     partners.

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