Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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23.4% | 24.3% | 25.2% | 26.1% | 26.9% | 27.9% |
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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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8.64% | 8.98% | 9.32% | 9.66% | 9.99% | 10.34% |
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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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1.05% | 1.32% | 1.59% | 1.86% | 2.13% | 2.40% |
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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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0.64% | 0.72% | 0.80% | 0.87% | 0.95% | 1.03% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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79.8% | 80.9% | 81.9% | 83.0% | 84.0% | 85.1% |
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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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23.0% | 24.1% | 25.1% | 26.1% | 27.1% | 28.2% |
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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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6.5% | 7.9% | 9.3% | 10.7% | 12.1% | 13.5% |
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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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0.26% | 0.60% | 0.95% | 1.29% | 1.63% | 1.98% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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74.7% | 79.4% | 84.0% | 88.7% | 93.3% | 98.0% |
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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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15.5% | 19.1% | 22.6% | 26.1% | 29.6% | 33.1% |
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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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0.0% | 3.1% | 6.2% | 9.2% | 12.3% | 15.4% |
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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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