Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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28.4% | 29.5% | 30.5% | 31.6% | 32.6% | 33.7% |
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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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12.0% | 12.6% | 13.2% | 13.8% | 14.4% | 15.0% |
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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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1.00% | 1.12% | 1.24% | 1.37% | 1.49% | 1.61% |
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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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0.30% | 0.37% | 0.44% | 0.51% | 0.57% | 0.64% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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89.5% | 90.4% | 91.3% | 92.1% | 93.0% | 93.9% |
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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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27.2% | 29.4% | 31.6% | 33.7% | 35.9% | 38.1% |
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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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11.60% | 11.98% | 12.36% | 12.75% | 13.13% | 13.51% |
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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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1.00% | 1.21% | 1.41% | 1.62% | 1.83% | 2.04% |
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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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0.30% | 0.41% | 0.51% | 0.61% | 0.71% | 0.81% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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89.6% | 91.2% | 92.6% | 94.1% | 95.5% | 97.0% |
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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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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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2.7% | 7.0% | 11.4% | 15.7% | 20.0% | 24.3% |
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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% | 0.30% | 0.61% | 0.91% | 1.21% | 1.52% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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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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