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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Divorce rates 'lower when husbands are domestically active'  Households in which husbands are domestically active are less likely to split, it has been suggested. According to research conducted by the London School of Economics, divorce rates are lower in homes where men lend a hand with tasks such as shopping, childcare and cleaning. It found that couples had the smallest chance of ending up with a legal separation if the woman did not work and her spouse got involved in the maximum level of domestic chores. Researcher Wendy Sigle-Rushton noted that economists have focussed on trying to explain the connection between females going out to work and divorce rates. She said: "In doing so, they have paid very little attention to the behaviour of men. This research ... suggests that fathers' contribution to unpaid work at home stabilises marriage regardless of mothers' employment status." A study published earlier this year by the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggested that marriage itself does little to promote to the development of children. 
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