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% | 28.0% | 28.8% | 29.6% | 30.4% | 31.2% |
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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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15.5% | 16.2% | 16.9% | 17.5% | 18.2% | 18.9% |
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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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0.62% | 0.69% | 0.75% | 0.81% | 0.88% | 0.94% |
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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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0.38% | 0.43% | 0.49% | 0.54% | 0.59% | 0.65% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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91.1% | 92.6% | 94.1% | 95.5% | 97.0% | 98.5% |
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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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16.9% | 21.3% | 25.7% | 30.1% | 34.5% | 39.0% |
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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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9.1% | 13.2% | 17.3% | 21.4% | 25.5% | 29.7% |
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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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0.00% | 0.45% | 0.90% | 1.35% | 1.80% | 2.26% |
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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% | 0.34% | 0.68% | 1.02% | 1.37% | 1.71% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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89.4% | 91.5% | 93.7% | 95.8% | 97.9% | 100.0% |
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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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