Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.2% | 27.0% | 27.8% | 28.5% | 29.3% | 30.1% |
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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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19.3% | 19.9% | 20.4% | 20.9% | 21.5% | 22.1% |
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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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0.76% | 0.93% | 1.09% | 1.25% | 1.41% | 1.57% |
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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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0.40% | 0.49% | 0.57% | 0.65% | 0.73% | 0.82% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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84.0% | 84.8% | 85.6% | 86.4% | 87.2% | 88.0% |
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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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18.5% | 21.0% | 23.6% | 26.1% | 28.7% | 31.3% |
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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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15.7% | 17.2% | 18.6% | 20.0% | 21.4% | 22.9% |
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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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0.61% | 0.93% | 1.25% | 1.57% | 1.88% | 2.21% |
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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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0.35% | 0.54% | 0.71% | 0.89% | 1.07% | 1.25% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.7% | 80.4% | 83.1% | 85.7% | 88.4% | 91.2% |
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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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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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12.7% | 15.2% | 17.7% | 20.2% | 22.7% | 25.2% |
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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% | 0.26% | 0.52% | 0.77% | 1.03% | 1.29% |
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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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