Of those 11 million, 40% say they'd have trouble paying everyday bills if the breadwinner were to die today.
Since 2000, as many households depend on a single mother as the breadwinner as depend on a traditional male breadwinner.
The dominance of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) was solidified in an era of single income households where the breadwinner rarely changed jobs.
FORBES: Employers Dropping Health Care Coverage Could Benefit Health Care Quality and Cost
When husbands retire before their wives do, they may find themselves in an unfamiliar role: no longer the breadwinner, instead the househusband.
Drug couriers tend to come from needy families that is why they agree to carry mysterious packages into Britain and if the breadwinner is in prison, the need must be met from there.
ECONOMIST: Hard-working immigrants transform the prison system
The existing system, he said, promotes the traditional family: wives who raise children rather than work outside the home enjoy the protection of generous widow's benefits, whereas privatised schemes might protect only the breadwinner.
Who ever coined the notion that women should stay home, make babies, cook dinner, play the role of June Cleaver and of course let the husband be the breadwinner in this current day should have taken a time train into the future by some 50 odd years.
And the kicker is that the men who have been drawn to me are those that have needed me to "take care" of them in the sense of being equally or exceedingly the breadwinner, the housekeeper, the lawn girl, the pool girl and home repairwoman and entertainment director.
Rob Sandler revealed he felt similar worries as the sole breadwinner of the family.
In 2008, his father, the chief breadwinner for the undocumented family, began having dizzy spells and other mysterious symptoms.
FORBES: Young Immigrants Fight for a Place, and for Access to Health Care
I've been the significant breadwinner in my household for the last six years.
As well, giving mothers (often the rural breadwinner) more say over slicing the bread will help kids.
Their father was the main breadwinner, and when he was killed in 1977, along with 13 other family members, the family was left with nothing.
Bruce's wife is sick and unable to work, leaving him as the sole breadwinner.
Eighteen-year-old Mashadi is typical: Her father died four years ago, leaving her mother as the sole breadwinner.
FORBES: The Education Of Oprah Winfrey: How She Saved Her South African School
It was Leo who was the major breadwinner as a successful district manager at a grocery store.
This somewhat also implies that passionate careerists oftentimes cannot make a good enough living to be the main breadwinner.
In former West Germany the traditional family model of the male breadwinner with a home-oriented wife was still dominant.
Though we had a short setback with Lori changing jobs and me being the sole breadwinner, that is now solved with her new job.
By contrast, in modern America there have been a number of news stories of late highlighting the rise of the female breadwinner.
Though Glassman has a lucrative medical practice, Principal was the major breadwinner thanks to her super-successful Principal Secret skincare line, peddled on QVC.
Moreover, 85% of these workers are women, and each is the sole breadwinner for her household, supporting between 4 and 8 family members.
FORBES: Thousands of Jobs Hang On African Textile Trade Deal
In a family where the husband is the main breadwinner, working from home can increase a wife's self-worth -- both psychologically and literally.
As a single professional woman, the social norm that a husband should be the primary breadwinner for a family presents some real concerns.
FORBES: Breadwinner Social Norms Could Affect Dating for Women
Remind the HR people that you're the primary breadwinner for your family with three kids, and that you'll really need help finding a new job.
Second, he had almost no savings for an emergency, despite being practically the sole breadwinner of his family (his wife earned a very meager salary working part-time).
FORBES: Does It Ever Make Sense to Reduce Your 401(k) Contributions?
There is another view on this and that is from the primary breadwinner of what was a 2 income family and a career woman that is now divorced.
Though Jada's resume continues to grow, Will's the family breadwinner.
Untold numbers of Syrian women have fled while their men remain behind to fight or protect their property, and now these women find themselves thrust into position of being the sole breadwinner for an extended family.
应用推荐