in those countries the proportion of couples where the male partner works to hours per week and the woman over is also higher than in other european countries results not shown the mainbreadwinner model is at figure grey bars the most common in german couple families followed by the traditional malebreadwinner model where the mother is inactive or unemployed white bars in france the combination of two fulltime earners is much more common with couples most likely choosing dual reduced fulltime or one partner working fulltime and the other partner working between and hours the third most common practice in france is the dual fulltime earner model the distribution of work arrangements in which the male partner does not work is much the same in both countries