Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.9% | 28.0% | 29.1% | 30.2% | 31.3% | 32.4% |
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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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7.77% | 7.93% | 8.09% | 8.24% | 8.39% | 8.55% |
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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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1.37% | 1.53% | 1.69% | 1.85% | 2.01% | 2.18% |
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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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0.10% | 0.18% | 0.25% | 0.32% | 0.40% | 0.48% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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89.54% | 89.91% | 90.28% | 90.64% | 91.01% | 91.38% |
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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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15.2% | 19.3% | 23.4% | 27.6% | 31.7% | 35.8% |
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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% | 4.0% | 7.9% | 11.9% | 15.8% | 19.8% |
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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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82.2% | 85.8% | 89.4% | 92.9% | 96.5% | 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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