Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.0% | 25.4% | 26.7% | 28.1% | 29.4% | 30.8% |
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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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10.4% | 11.4% | 12.4% | 13.4% | 14.5% | 15.5% |
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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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1.07% | 1.23% | 1.38% | 1.53% | 1.68% | 1.83% |
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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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0.420% | 0.467% | 0.514% | 0.561% | 0.608% | 0.655% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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91.3% | 92.1% | 92.9% | 93.7% | 94.4% | 95.3% |
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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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21.1% | 23.8% | 26.4% | 29.1% | 31.7% | 34.4% |
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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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3.9% | 6.7% | 9.3% | 12.0% | 14.7% | 17.5% |
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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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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% | 0.22% | 0.44% | 0.66% | 0.88% | 1.11% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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80.0% | 83.7% | 87.4% | 91.0% | 94.7% | 98.3% |
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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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