Okay ladies, I stumbled across this information, but do you find it to be true?Married men do less housework than live-in boyfriends, finds an international survey.   But married women do more housework than their live-in counterparts.   “Marriage as an institution seems to have a traditionalizing effect on couples—even couples who see men and women as equal,” said co-researcher Shannon Davis, a sociologist at George Mason University in Virginia.

Understanding the dynamics of couples who live together but are not married has become more important as cohabitation around the globe increases. More than 5 million unmarried partner households (more than 10 million individuals) currently exist in the United States, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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