The statistic shows the percentage of wives who earn more than their husbands in married couple households in the United States from 1990 to 2012. In 2012, 29 percent of family households in which both wives and husbands have earnings, the wife had a higher income than her husband.
Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in married couple households* in the United States from 1990 to 2012
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 24, 2014). Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in married couple households* in the United States from 1990 to 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/244359/percent-of-wives-who-earn-more-than-their-husbands-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in married couple households* in the United States from 1990 to 2012." Chart. April 24, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244359/percent-of-wives-who-earn-more-than-their-husbands-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2014). Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in married couple households* in the United States from 1990 to 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244359/percent-of-wives-who-earn-more-than-their-husbands-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percent of Wives Who Earn More than Their Husbands in Married Couple Households* in The United States from 1990 to 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244359/percent-of-wives-who-earn-more-than-their-husbands-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in married couple households* in the United States from 1990 to 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244359/percent-of-wives-who-earn-more-than-their-husbands-in-the-us/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Percent of wives who earn more than their husbands in married couple households* in the United States from 1990 to 2012 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 24, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/244359/percent-of-wives-who-earn-more-than-their-husbands-in-the-us/
