Given high unemployment, inflationary problems, and slow growth in real earnings, a working wife can increase household income and relieve some of these pressing financial burdens.

考虑到高失业率、通货膨胀问题和实际收入增长缓慢，有工作的妻子可以增加家庭收入，并减轻一些这些紧迫的经济负担。

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From 1993 to 2008, the average growth in real household income was 1.3 percent per year.

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It was the fourth consecutive year of real income growth and the first year in which median household income surpassed its previous 1989 peak.

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