Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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30.1% | 31.0% | 31.8% | 32.6% | 33.5% | 34.4% |
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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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17.8% | 18.6% | 19.3% | 19.9% | 20.6% | 21.4% |
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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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1.174% | 1.208% | 1.240% | 1.273% | 1.306% | 1.339% |
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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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0.316% | 0.328% | 0.339% | 0.351% | 0.363% | 0.375% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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88.26% | 88.63% | 89.00% | 89.37% | 89.74% | 90.11% |
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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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17.3% | 22.2% | 27.0% | 31.8% | 36.7% | 41.5% |
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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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9.6% | 12.6% | 15.6% | 18.6% | 21.5% | 24.5% |
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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% | 0.24% | 0.47% | 0.71% | 0.94% | 1.18% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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87.0% | 89.1% | 91.1% | 93.2% | 95.2% | 97.3% |
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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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