Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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23.5% | 24.9% | 26.3% | 27.7% | 29.0% | 30.5% |
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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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10.650% | 10.697% | 10.743% | 10.790% | 10.836% | 10.883% |
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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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1.42% | 1.50% | 1.57% | 1.65% | 1.72% | 1.80% |
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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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0.77% | 0.82% | 0.87% | 0.92% | 0.97% | 1.03% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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80.4% | 81.8% | 83.1% | 84.4% | 85.7% | 87.0% |
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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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15.3% | 20.2% | 25.1% | 30.0% | 34.9% | 39.8% |
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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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4.5% | 7.5% | 10.4% | 13.4% | 16.3% | 19.3% |
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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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78.4% | 82.8% | 87.1% | 91.4% | 95.7% | 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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