“In terms of the (financial benefit) from her work, we all benefit,” he says. “But in terms of getting my
wife’s (attention), from the youngest daughter to our oldest, we can’t wait for the day that my job is
(secure) and she doesn’t have to do day care anymore.”Women like Ms. Mohammed find themselves
at the head of (once-separate spheres): work and household. While women appear to be sole
breadwinners in greater numbers, they are likely to remain (responsible for) most domestic
responsibilities at home. (On average), employed women devote much more time to child care and
housework than employed men do, according to recent data from the government’s American Time
Use Survey (analyzed )by two economists, Alan B. Krueger and Andreas Mueller.