• identified commitment to family as their highest value, putting happiness at home over career advancement.
• held jobs that made it possible for them to refuse to work overtime or weekends.
• strove for equity in their relationship and in housework.
  limited their children's television viewing.
• avoided activities that required frequent schedule changes
• participated regularly in activities, like bedtime storytelling or pizza night, that promoted family togetherness. 

 

Shelley Haddock and Toni Zimmerman, the two Colorado State University researchers who conducted the study, say their research doesn't support the popular impression that two-career couples' problems are due to lack of time. They say that when a problem occurs, it is usually the result of inequities or power imbalances in the marital relationship.