Talk:Dual-career commuter couples

The source says at page 6 (the note below the page):

According to German research on academically educated couples, only in less than a third of couples both partners were able to pursue full-time a professional occupation appropriate for their education level (Rusconi & Solga 2007: 318). A Swiss study, which used a more narrow career definition, shows that in only 10 percent of couples both partners were able to follow (slow and high) upward careers (Levy et al. 2007: 280). This proportion is similar to the one found for Italy, on the basis of occupational classes of employed husbands and wives (Lucchini et al. 2007: 300). A Northern American study that focused on middle-class dual-earner couples revealed that in only 28 percent of these couples both partners had stable career pathways (characterized by full-time employment and few changes in employer or occupational status). In the majority (40 percent) of the couples the husband had a predominantly stable pathway, whereas the wife showed mainly an unstable career pattern (Williams & Han 2003: 95)

This does not translate into what was in the article, especially "In other countries, the prevalence of dual-career couples is relatively low compared to the U.S.". In fact, the source acknowledges that it is very difficult to estimate the exact percentage of such couples, because of definition interpretations. For instance on Germany it refers to "full-time [ ] professional occupation appropriate for their education level", while for the Swiss study it makes reference to a "more narrow career definition". For North America it is "stable career pathways (characterized by full-time employment and few changes in employer or occupational status)". The definition is subjective. So if this study is quoted it must be done properly. Also quote the years of data provided (as more women are having professional careers today). 2A02:2F01:507F:FFFF:0:0:567F:9A36 (talk) 08:06, 6 September 2016 (UTC) Reply