Super rich couples remain super traditional

The majority of the very richest American heterosexual couples have kept the traditional mix of male breadwinner and stay-at-home female partner, even as most others are increasingly becoming two-earner households. The lines refer to the share of couples in each group in which a man works and a woman is not employed.

Super rich is defined as top 1% of the wealth distribution, rich are 90-99%, upper middle class is 80-89.99% and everyone else is below 80%
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