Do Husbands Really Abandon Their Sick Wives? The Viral Study Unpacked

Couple holding hands with one wearing a hospital bracelet

It makes for grim listening: “If a man becomes terminally ill, and his wife becomes the caretaker, there is a 2.9% separation rate,” Stephen Barlett read on his podcast Diary Of A CEO. 

“If the woman is terminally ill, and their male partner becomes the caretaker, they leave at a 21% rate – which basically means that men are approximately 624% more likely to separate from a woman if the woman gets sick.”

I’m not usually much of a Stephen Bartlett fan...