Jenny Garrett, the author of Rocking Your Role, a guide for women who earn the main salary in their family, welcomed the trend.

"The figures don't surprise me. I think it's a lot to do with the sectors that have been hit most by the current economic climate, which in the private sector were quite male dominated," she said.

"Many men are now having to think about whether to retrain or possibly take a job that is not as highly paid, and asking whether it is worth their while if their partner is in a good job."

However, she warned that there was still a "taboo" around female breadwinners and stay-at-home fathers.

"It's something that's kept quiet or treated as a bit embarrassing. We need to have more conversations about it in order for it to become more acceptable and for people to understand what makes the family unit work," she said.

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