The study, conducted by Dr Demid Getik, explores how mental health is related to income make-up within couples by examining the link between annual income rises for women and the number of clinical mental health diagnoses over a set period of time.

The study finds that as more women take on the breadwinner role in the household, the number of mental health related incidences also increases.

As wives begin earning more than their husbands, the probability of receiving a mental health diagnosis increases by as much as 8% for all those observed in the study, but by as much as 11% for the men.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

women will discard them for an even higher earning husbands

Isn't half the problem that "higher earning husbands" are in increasingly short supply?

Are we predicting a future of patriarchal mega-earners cultivating harems of middle-income working professionals? Or will the skyrocketing cost of living just going to turn the Surplus Males into fodder for our next generation of foreign wars, while an increasing population of lesbians fills in all the office jobs at depressed professional wages?

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why are high-earning men in short supply ?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's a shortage of high paying jobs, for starters.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why is there a shortage ?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Not enough employers offering high wages