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Growing share of couples in S’pore have wives earning more than their husbands
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Regardless of changing trends, the stigma of men being financially dependent on their wives is still present, those interviewed by ST say.
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SINGAPORE – Slightly over one in four married couples here have wives who earn more money than their husbands – marking a growing trend of women with higher earning power than men, who are traditionally seen as the family’s main breadwinner.
According to data from the last Census of Population 2020 report,
