Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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29.7% | 30.6% | 31.4% | 32.2% | 33.0% | 33.9% |
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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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12.94% | 13.08% | 13.21% | 13.34% | 13.47% | 13.61% |
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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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1.179% | 1.198% | 1.216% | 1.233% | 1.251% | 1.270% |
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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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0.22% | 0.29% | 0.36% | 0.42% | 0.49% | 0.55% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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88.99% | 89.36% | 89.73% | 90.09% | 90.46% | 90.83% |
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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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28.8% | 31.8% | 34.8% | 37.7% | 40.7% | 43.7% |
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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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10.2% | 12.0% | 13.7% | 15.5% | 17.2% | 19.0% |
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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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1.02% | 1.16% | 1.30% | 1.43% | 1.56% | 1.70% |
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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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0.11% | 0.27% | 0.42% | 0.58% | 0.74% | 0.90% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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90.3% | 91.2% | 92.1% | 92.9% | 93.8% | 94.7% |
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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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3.7% | 8.3% | 12.7% | 17.2% | 21.7% | 26.2% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.5% | 82.1% | 86.5% | 91.0% | 95.5% | 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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