"Comparison of husband's and wife's earnings, 1989 and 2001" 1989 Both in labor force Husband earns more " 21,790,013 " 77.7 Wife earns more " 6,265,848 " 22.3 Both full-time husb_earns_more " 9,903,480 " 74.0 wife_earns_more " 3,487,557 " 26.0 2001 Both in labor force Frequency Percent Husband earns more "22,805,348" 72.1 Wife earns more "8,832,365" 27.9 Both full-time Frequency Percent husb_earns_more "11,636,808" 67.7 wife_earns_more "5,543,069" 32.3 "Source: AmeriStat, analysis of data from the 1990 and 2002 Current Population Surveys (March Supplement)."