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.

最新数据显示，随着养家的女性增多，去年居家父亲的数量又创新高。

根据今天官方公布的就业统计数据，在照看孩子的父母中，男性占了近10%，而其配偶则外出工作。

去年9月至11月间，有约22.7万名男性在家看孩子，较2011年同期增加1.9万人，达到自1993年开始统计以来的最大增幅。

专家表示，之所以发生这一转变，只因为在经济萧条期很多男性失去了工作，他们有的要么没有再找到新的工作，要么认为如果妻子的收入高，自己即使再回工作岗位对家庭财务也起不了什么作用。

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