| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 29.76% | 29.82% | 29.88% | 29.93% | 29.99% | 30.05% |  
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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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| 9.0% | 10.0% | 10.9% | 11.9% | 12.8% | 13.8% |  
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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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| 0.70% | 0.86% | 1.01% | 1.17% | 1.32% | 1.48% |  
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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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| 0.31% | 0.39% | 0.46% | 0.53% | 0.60% | 0.68% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 89.22% | 89.66% | 90.09% | 90.53% | 90.96% | 91.40% |  
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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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| 23.5% | 26.5% | 29.5% | 32.5% | 35.5% | 38.5% |  
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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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| 8.0% | 10.9% | 13.7% | 16.6% | 19.4% | 22.3% |  
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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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| 0.00% | 0.20% | 0.39% | 0.59% | 0.79% | 0.99% |  
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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% | 0.32% | 0.63% | 0.95% | 1.27% | 1.59% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 85.6% | 88.5% | 91.2% | 94.0% | 96.8% | 99.6% |  
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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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| 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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| 0.00% | 0.22% | 0.45% | 0.67% | 0.90% | 1.12% |  
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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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| 83.7% | 87.0% | 90.2% | 93.5% | 96.7% | 100.0% |  
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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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