Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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17.0% | 18.9% | 20.7% | 22.5% | 24.3% | 26.2% |
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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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12.1% | 13.4% | 14.7% | 15.9% | 17.2% | 18.5% |
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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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0.80% | 1.26% | 1.71% | 2.16% | 2.61% | 3.07% |
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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% | 0.18% | 0.36% | 0.54% | 0.71% | 0.90% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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73.3% | 75.2% | 77.1% | 79.0% | 80.8% | 82.7% |
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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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7.9% | 11.3% | 14.6% | 17.8% | 21.1% | 24.5% |
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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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10.2% | 11.8% | 13.4% | 14.9% | 16.4% | 18.0% |
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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% | 0.06% | 0.11% | 0.17% | 0.22% | 0.28% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.5% | 81.3% | 85.1% | 88.8% | 92.5% | 96.3% |
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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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