Dual‐Earner Marriage

Abstract Dual‐earner couples are those in which both marital partners participate in paid employment. Empirical studies of dual‐career couple relationships explore interpersonal communication processes such as spousal role‐identity construction, work–family routines, and relational equity negotiation. Division of household labor and martial satisfaction are two relational outcomes frequently investigated in the lives of dual‐earner couples. Diverse dual‐earner couple experiences that are gaining scholarly attention also include commuter couples, copreneurs, and female breadwinner couples.