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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22.8% | 24.6% | 26.3% | 28.0% | 29.8% | 31.5% |
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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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5.5% | 6.7% | 7.8% | 9.0% | 10.1% | 11.3% |
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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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1.08% | 1.43% | 1.77% | 2.11% | 2.45% | 2.79% |
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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% | 0.23% | 0.46% | 0.68% | 0.91% | 1.15% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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80.8% | 83.3% | 85.8% | 88.2% | 90.7% | 93.2% |
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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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18.7% | 23.1% | 27.4% | 31.7% | 36.1% | 40.4% |
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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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2.7% | 4.8% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 11.0% | 13.1% |
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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% | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.64% | 0.85% | 1.06% |
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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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