[originaltext] Women are more likely than men to keep joint possessions when

Women are more likely than men to keep joint possessions when getting divorced, according to research.
    Men on average wanted their ex-wives to keep 19 items from a list of 24 including the home, photographs and pets, while women wanted the men to get just eight. While women did not particularly want items including the television, CDs, DVDs, and toaster, they were keen their ex-husbands did not get them.
    3,515 people were polled in May and June. The investigation found men were keen for their ex-wives to keep items including the bed, television, wedding album, lawnmower and garden accessories, house plants, coffee machine and the family pet.
    One item that men were determined to keep for themselves was the house — 32% wanted to keep it to their own, compared with 30% who were happy to hand it over to their ex-wives.
    The men also wanted the ear, the laptop computer, digital camera and CD and DVD collections.
    Half of the women wanted the family home outright, but even more — 64% — wanted the dog or cat. They were happy for their former husband to keep the bed, sofa, lawnmower, coffee machine, laptop, digital camera, PlayStation and any wines and drinks they had.
    Ultimately 46% of women did keep the house, compared with 29% of men, with other couples selling.