Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.7% | 25.5% | 26.2% | 27.0% | 27.7% | 28.6% |
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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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11.60% | 11.78% | 11.96% | 12.14% | 12.32% | 12.50% |
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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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0.47% | 0.56% | 0.64% | 0.73% | 0.81% | 0.90% |
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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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0.589% | 0.626% | 0.662% | 0.699% | 0.735% | 0.772% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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91.9% | 92.9% | 93.8% | 94.7% | 95.5% | 96.5% |
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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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23.9% | 27.3% | 30.7% | 34.0% | 37.4% | 40.8% |
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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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9.6% | 11.0% | 12.4% | 13.7% | 15.1% | 16.5% |
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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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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
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0.00% | 0.19% | 0.39% | 0.58% | 0.78% | 0.98% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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72.3% | 77.1% | 82.0% | 86.8% | 91.6% | 96.5% |
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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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