Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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25.4% | 29.0% | 32.6% | 36.2% | 39.8% | 43.4% |
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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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6.2% | 7.0% | 7.7% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 10.0% |
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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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0.00% | 0.22% | 0.44% | 0.65% | 0.87% | 1.09% |
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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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0.612% | 0.646% | 0.679% | 0.713% | 0.746% | 0.780% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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95.45% | 95.72% | 95.98% | 96.25% | 96.51% | 96.78% |
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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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29.3% | 34.2% | 39.0% | 43.8% | 48.6% | 53.5% |
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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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3.7% | 6.4% | 9.1% | 11.8% | 14.6% | 17.3% |
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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% | 0.39% | 0.78% | 1.17% | 1.56% | 1.96% |
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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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91.2% | 93.0% | 94.7% | 96.5% | 98.2% | 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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