By and large, the more men do around the house, the happier women are," sociologist Scott Coltrane of the University of California, Riverside, a co-author of a report published in synopsis form on the website of the Council of Contemporary Families (CCF) told AFP.
"When men do more of the housework, women’s perceptions of fairness and marital satisfaction rise and the couple experience less marital conflict," the report says.
The reward for menfolk who help out around the house could be more sex.
"We sociologists generally don’t go there, but therapists say there’s a direct correlation" between men doing more housework and the frequency of sex, said Coltrane.
In a comment posted on the CCF website, psychologist Joshua Coleman agreed that sharing household chores "is associated with higher levels of marital satisfaction -- and sometimes more sex, too!"
"Wives report greater feelings of sexual interest and affection for husbands who participate in housework," Coleman, who is a senior fellow at the CCF, said.
In addition to doing more boring chores around the home, American men spend three times more time with their kids today than they did in 1960, the study said.