Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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19.2% | 21.0% | 22.7% | 24.4% | 26.2% | 28.0% |
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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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2.3% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 8.6% | 10.7% | 12.8% |
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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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0.24% | 0.55% | 0.85% | 1.15% | 1.46% | 1.77% |
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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% | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.62% | 0.83% | 1.04% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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84.4% | 86.4% | 88.3% | 90.3% | 92.2% | 94.2% |
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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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16.1% | 18.5% | 20.9% | 23.2% | 25.6% | 28.0% |
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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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2.3% | 4.5% | 6.6% | 8.7% | 10.8% | 13.0% |
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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% | 0.31% | 0.62% | 0.92% | 1.23% | 1.55% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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84.4% | 87.1% | 89.8% | 92.5% | 95.1% | 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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