Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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23.1% | 24.6% | 26.1% | 27.5% | 28.9% | 30.4% |
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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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10.5% | 12.6% | 14.7% | 16.8% | 18.9% | 21.1% |
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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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2.23% | 2.43% | 2.62% | 2.82% | 3.01% | 3.21% |
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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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0.05% | 0.12% | 0.19% | 0.25% | 0.32% | 0.39% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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79.3% | 82.3% | 85.3% | 88.2% | 91.2% | 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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17.4% | 20.6% | 23.8% | 27.0% | 30.2% | 33.4% |
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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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2.3% | 6.3% | 10.4% | 14.4% | 18.4% | 22.5% |
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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% | 0.11% | 0.22% | 0.33% | 0.44% | 0.56% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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79.0% | 82.2% | 85.4% | 88.5% | 91.7% | 94.9% |
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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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