Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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29.5% | 30.2% | 30.9% | 31.6% | 32.2% | 32.9% |
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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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9.13% | 9.44% | 9.74% | 10.04% | 10.35% | 10.65% |
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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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1.299% | 1.305% | 1.311% | 1.316% | 1.322% | 1.328% |
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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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0.352% | 0.383% | 0.413% | 0.443% | 0.474% | 0.504% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.5% | 87.0% | 87.5% | 88.0% | 88.6% | 89.1% |
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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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24.1% | 26.2% | 28.3% | 30.4% | 32.5% | 34.7% |
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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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4.9% | 7.1% | 9.2% | 11.4% | 13.5% | 15.7% |
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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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0.50% | 0.73% | 0.95% | 1.18% | 1.41% | 1.64% |
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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% | 0.40% | 0.47% | 0.55% | 0.63% | 0.71% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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88.0% | 89.9% | 91.8% | 93.6% | 95.5% | 97.4% |
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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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24.1% | 28.4% | 32.6% | 36.9% | 41.1% | 45.4% |
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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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2.5% | 5.7% | 8.9% | 12.1% | 15.2% | 18.5% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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82.7% | 86.2% | 89.6% | 93.1% | 96.5% | 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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