Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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18.1% | 19.4% | 20.7% | 22.0% | 23.3% | 24.6% |
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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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6.71% | 7.15% | 7.58% | 8.02% | 8.46% | 8.90% |
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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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3.95% | 4.03% | 4.12% | 4.20% | 4.28% | 4.37% |
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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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1.62% | 1.94% | 2.26% | 2.58% | 2.89% | 3.22% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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47.5% | 51.0% | 54.4% | 57.9% | 61.3% | 64.8% |
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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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12.0% | 15.3% | 18.6% | 21.8% | 25.1% | 28.4% |
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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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4.6% | 6.0% | 7.3% | 8.6% | 9.9% | 11.2% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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47.5% | 51.4% | 55.3% | 59.2% | 63.1% | 67.0% |
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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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