Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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34.9% | 38.0% | 41.2% | 44.3% | 47.4% | 50.6% |
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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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17.00% | 17.18% | 17.34% | 17.51% | 17.68% | 17.85% |
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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% | 0.35% | 0.70% | 1.05% | 1.40% | 1.76% |
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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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0.000% | 0.042% | 0.084% | 0.127% | 0.169% | 0.211% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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95.5% | 96.4% | 97.3% | 98.2% | 99.1% | 100.0% |
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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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31.9% | 34.0% | 36.1% | 38.1% | 40.1% | 42.2% |
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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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12.1% | 13.6% | 15.1% | 16.6% | 18.1% | 19.6% |
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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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0.77% | 1.19% | 1.60% | 2.01% | 2.42% | 2.84% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.6% | 88.5% | 91.4% | 94.3% | 97.1% | 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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