Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.3% | 25.1% | 25.8% | 26.6% | 27.3% | 28.1% |
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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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9.60% | 9.78% | 9.96% | 10.14% | 10.31% | 10.49% |
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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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1.22% | 1.29% | 1.36% | 1.42% | 1.49% | 1.56% |
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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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0.49% | 0.56% | 0.62% | 0.69% | 0.75% | 0.82% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.7% | 86.3% | 86.9% | 87.4% | 88.0% | 88.6% |
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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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15.7% | 20.4% | 25.1% | 29.9% | 34.6% | 39.3% |
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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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5.8% | 7.7% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 13.5% | 15.4% |
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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% | 0.48% | 0.96% | 1.44% | 1.92% | 2.40% |
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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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82.4% | 85.9% | 89.5% | 93.0% | 96.5% | 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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