Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.1% | 25.4% | 26.7% | 28.0% | 29.3% | 30.7% |
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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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6.22% | 6.45% | 6.68% | 6.91% | 7.14% | 7.37% |
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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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1.40% | 1.63% | 1.85% | 2.08% | 2.30% | 2.53% |
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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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0.209% | 0.259% | 0.308% | 0.358% | 0.407% | 0.457% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.5% | 83.5% | 85.3% | 87.2% | 89.1% | 91.0% |
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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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20.7% | 23.4% | 26.1% | 28.7% | 31.3% | 34.0% |
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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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3.3% | 4.8% | 6.2% | 7.7% | 9.2% | 10.7% |
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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% | 0.32% | 0.64% | 0.96% | 1.28% | 1.61% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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78.6% | 82.5% | 86.3% | 90.1% | 93.9% | 97.8% |
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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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