Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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28.4% | 29.6% | 30.8% | 32.0% | 33.2% | 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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12.9% | 13.5% | 14.0% | 14.5% | 15.1% | 15.6% |
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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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1.421% | 1.465% | 1.509% | 1.553% | 1.597% | 1.641% |
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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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0.2975% | 0.3012% | 0.3048% | 0.3084% | 0.3121% | 0.3157% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.7% | 87.3% | 87.8% | 88.4% | 89.0% | 89.6% |
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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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22.1% | 25.2% | 28.2% | 31.3% | 34.3% | 37.5% |
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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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5.3% | 8.4% | 11.5% | 14.5% | 17.6% | 20.7% |
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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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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% | 0.17% | 0.33% | 0.50% | 0.67% | 0.84% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.0% | 84.8% | 88.6% | 92.4% | 96.2% | 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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