Chart 3 Percentage of dual–earner families in which wives earned more than husbands, select years, 1976 to 2008
Annual (x 1,000)
1976
1981
1986
1991
1996
2001
2006
2007
2008
% of dual earner families where wife earns more
11.9
16.1
19.3
22.7
24.6
25.6
27.7
28.3
29.2