Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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23.6% | 24.4% | 25.2% | 25.9% | 26.7% | 27.5% |
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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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9.42% | 9.71% | 9.99% | 10.27% | 10.55% | 10.83% |
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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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1.754% | 1.777% | 1.800% | 1.823% | 1.847% | 1.870% |
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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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0.46% | 0.59% | 0.70% | 0.82% | 0.94% | 1.06% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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74.8% | 76.0% | 77.2% | 78.4% | 79.5% | 80.8% |
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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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16.0% | 19.4% | 22.7% | 26.0% | 29.3% | 32.7% |
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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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6.3% | 7.7% | 9.0% | 10.3% | 11.6% | 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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0.74% | 1.05% | 1.36% | 1.66% | 1.97% | 2.28% |
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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% | 0.42% | 0.83% | 1.25% | 1.66% | 2.08% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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72.5% | 76.8% | 81.1% | 85.4% | 89.7% | 94.1% |
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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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13.4% | 18.2% | 22.9% | 27.7% | 32.5% | 37.3% |
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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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3.5% | 5.8% | 8.1% | 10.4% | 12.7% | 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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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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