Partners who work in similar jobs are more likely to work long hours and be more committed to their profession, a study of 650 academics found.
This meant that they were able to devote less time to their private life and that the boundaries between the home and the office became more blurred, it was claimed.
The study will be presented today at the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference in Chester.
Researchers interviewed 291 academics whose partners worked in the same profession along with 350 who were in relationships with people in different professions in order to assess how having a husband or wife with a similar job might impact on work-life balance.
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