Housewives tend to be less likely to file for divorce compared to working wives, primarily due to factors like financial dependence and social pressures. However, the dynamics surrounding divorce are complex and vary with individual circumstances.

Factors Influencing Divorce Rates

Financial Dependence: Historically, housewives have been more financially dependent on their spouses, which may dissuade them from initiating divorce due to concerns about economic stability.

Social Pressure: Societal norms often discourage women, particularly those in traditional homemaker roles, from pursuing divorce, leading to lower filing rates among housewives.

Independence of Working Wives: Working wives often have more financial independence, enabling them to consider divorce as a viable option when facing marital dissatisfaction. Studies indicate that about 70% of divorces are initiated by women, but the reasons are more nuanced than simply financial independence.

Emotional Connection and Work-Life Balance: For couples where both partners are employed, the balancing act of work, home life, and personal relationships can create significant stress. This often leads to conflicts and increased likelihood of divorce.

Changing Norms: As gender roles evolve, more women are entering the workforce and gaining financial independence, which is impacting traditional views on marriage and divorce. Contemporary dynamics are leading to higher divorce rates among working women.

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Statistically yes, possibly because even if they’re unhappy in the marriage they may feel that they have fewer options.

Study Finds Couples’ Division of Paid and Unpaid Labor Linked to Risk of Divorce

“My results suggest that, in general, financial factors do not determine whether couples stay together or separate,” said study author Alexandra Killewald, a professor of sociology at Harvard University. “Instead, couples’ paid and unpaid work matters for the risk of divorce, even after adjusting for how work is related to financial resources.”

https://www.asanet.org/news_item/study-finds-couples-division-paid-and-unpaid-labor-linked-risk-divorce/

Overall, women are far more likely to initiate divorce.
In 2009, sociologist Michael Rosenfeld added to the analysis of which sex is more likely to initiate a divorce. Rosenfeld added dating couples into his equations, following up with married and dating couples every year until 2015. Over the course of the study, 371 of the couples (out of 2,538), either broke up or got divorced. When talking divorce, sure enough, the women in the study initiated the divorce 69 percent of the time. Among those couples who were dating, then broke up during the study, it was almost equally split as far as whether the man or the woman initiated the breakup.
https://www.myfloridalaw.com/women-file-divorce-more-than-men/

Probably yes, but mainly because they're less likely to have the financial independence to afford a divorce, not because their marriage is better.

A divorced woman with kids is going to be hard pressed to survive on half of her husbands salary. If he's been married before it might even be a third or less.

I don't think so, I would think it's equal.

In my country a housewife is likely to get more alimony than a working woman if she files a divorce. Many women leave their job before filing divorce.

depends on how bad their husband really is

I doubt there is any correlation.

Yeah. All they have to do is sit around all day and eat chocolate and watch soap operas.