Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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20.1% | 23.5% | 26.9% | 30.2% | 33.6% | 37.0% |
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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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4.1% | 6.5% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 13.7% | 16.2% |
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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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0.00% | 0.25% | 0.50% | 0.74% | 0.99% | 1.24% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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73.0% | 77.7% | 82.3% | 87.0% | 91.6% | 96.3% |
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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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22.3% | 23.3% | 24.2% | 25.1% | 26.1% | 27.0% |
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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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9.5% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.2% | 13.0% | 13.9% |
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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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1.69% | 1.81% | 1.92% | 2.04% | 2.16% | 2.28% |
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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% | 0.48% | 0.72% | 0.96% | 1.20% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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73.8% | 77.6% | 81.5% | 85.3% | 89.1% | 93.0% |
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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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