Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.7% | 26.0% | 27.3% | 28.6% | 29.9% | 31.2% |
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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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5.7% | 7.1% | 8.4% | 9.7% | 11.1% | 12.4% |
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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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0.88% | 1.17% | 1.45% | 1.73% | 2.01% | 2.29% |
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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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0.20% | 0.29% | 0.37% | 0.45% | 0.54% | 0.63% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.7% | 83.2% | 84.6% | 86.0% | 87.5% | 88.9% |
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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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19.8% | 24.0% | 28.2% | 32.3% | 36.5% | 40.7% |
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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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1.5% | 3.8% | 6.1% | 8.4% | 10.7% | 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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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71.1% | 74.9% | 78.6% | 82.3% | 86.1% | 89.8% |
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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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