Couples, and what they earn

[Thedoctrineofennis]

This has come up on a few threads on this section of late, so I thought it might be good to have a place to put some links. Please add to the thread if you find stats that might be useful in this area.

The Fawcett Society has general information about equality:
www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp

Here is a blog called familyinequality, whose Sept 10 post shows that in 2010 in the US, 28% of wives aged 25-54 earned more than their husbands, with 38% of working wives earning more than their husbands. Where the wife earns more, the most common percentage is that she earns 50-59% of the household income.
familyinequality.wordpress.com/

This report from the DWP for 2009/10 shows gender splits (p75 onwards) of part time/full time workers, working types e.g. professional, skilled trade etc.
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/frs/2009_10/frs_2009_10_report.pdf

Article from the Guardian about the gender pay gap:
"On average, women in the UK earn about 15% less than men."
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/16/gender-pay-gap-audits

There's also a great quote further down the familyinequality blog, namely:

The results also matched their expectations, with managers in ?traditional? marriages being less likely to recommend the female applicant. The write-up of the study in Forbes took the nonsensical, but not surprising, approach of finding a way to blame women:
"But new research ? adds another layer to the debate over gender discrimination at work, and another (possibly just as important) person to blame: your boss?s stay-at-home wife."