Lifestyle | income Female Breadwinners More Likely to Ditch Hubbies 38% more likely, to be exact By Kate Seamons Posted Sep 10, 2010 12:41 PM CDT Copied Yep, we're guessing Madonna made at least 60% of the Richie family's moolah. (AP Photo/Max Nash, file) We already know that men are more likely to cheat on female breadwinners—but today's breadwinner update gives the bad news to the men. A 25-year study has found that ladies who bring home the bacon—specifically 60% or more of the family's income—are 38% more likely to divorce than those who do not, regardless of whether the couple is rich or poor. The cause-and-effect isn't clear, notes a sociologist behind the study, who told the New York Post that easier access to money (with which to leave) and bruised male egos could play a part. But he also notes that the study tracked women married between 1979 and 2002. "I would like to do it again in 10 years with younger women, because it's a different generation." The women in this study "are the last generation, who may not have expected to have the careers they ended up having." Read These Next Houston homeowner kills 2 men posing as police. Pentagon is planning a federal deployment to Chicago. Drone wars at the border are picking up pace. Efforts to rescue climber with broken leg end. Report an error