Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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27.2% | 28.3% | 29.3% | 30.4% | 31.4% | 32.5% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%):
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17.70% | 18.06% | 18.42% | 18.77% | 19.13% | 19.49% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%):
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1.22% | 1.35% | 1.48% | 1.61% | 1.74% | 1.87% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
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0.6037% | 0.6047% | 0.6057% | 0.6067% | 0.6077% | 0.6087% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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88.19% | 88.56% | 88.93% | 89.30% | 89.67% | 90.04% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.7% | 28.2% | 29.7% | 31.2% | 32.6% | 34.2% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%):
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13.1% | 15.5% | 17.9% | 20.2% | 22.6% | 25.0% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%):
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1.27% | 1.54% | 1.81% | 2.07% | 2.34% | 2.61% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
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0.26% | 0.36% | 0.46% | 0.56% | 0.66% | 0.77% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.9% | 89.0% | 91.0% | 93.0% | 95.0% | 97.1% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%):
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%):
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0.0% | 2.7% | 5.3% | 8.0% | 10.6% | 13.4% |
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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
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0.0% | 2.5% | 5.1% | 7.6% | 10.2% | 12.8% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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Armed Forces:
persons on active duty in the Armed Forces
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Employed:
persons who did any work for pay during the survey week, those who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-owned enterprise operated by someone in their household, and those who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs
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Unemployed:
persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work
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Not in Labor Force:
not in the labor force are those who are not classified as employed or unemployed during the survey reference week
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Working-Age Men:
males aged 35 to 44 years old, the national peak employment age
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