Looks like married couples are lying to the US Census about who earns more money

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Women breadwinners appear to make both men and women uncomfortable, according to Claire Cain Miller in the New York Times.

Miller cited findings from a new Census Bureau paper — husbands and wives are lying about who makes more money when the woman is the primary breadwinner in an opposite-sex household.

Gender attitudes and social norms don't seem to keep up with the realities at work and home.

Are social attitudes behind the times at both work and at home?

That's what Claire Cain Miller asks in a New York Times article, based on a finding in a new paper from the Census Bureau. The paper says that in American households with women breadwinners, both husbands and wives tend to lie about who makes more money, and by how much.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: 1,500 happily married people say the key to lasting relationships isn t communication it s respectSee Also:Incredible photos of New York City when it was covered in farmlandHere's how much the typical millennial, Gen X, and baby-boomer worker earns in every US stateI earn more money than my partner here's how it affects our relationshipSEE ALSO: I have a 6-figure job and my husband stays home with the kids here are 10 things no one seems to understand

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