Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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19.9% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 26.1% | 28.1% | 30.2% |
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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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7.6% | 9.2% | 10.7% | 12.2% | 13.8% | 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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0.00% | 0.36% | 0.72% | 1.08% | 1.43% | 1.80% |
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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% | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.31% | 0.41% | 0.52% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.3% | 81.1% | 84.9% | 88.8% | 92.6% | 96.4% |
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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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16.4% | 18.7% | 20.9% | 23.2% | 25.4% | 27.7% |
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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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8.0% | 9.8% | 11.5% | 13.2% | 14.9% | 16.6% |
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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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0.49% | 0.56% | 0.62% | 0.69% | 0.75% | 0.82% |
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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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0.307% | 0.344% | 0.381% | 0.419% | 0.456% | 0.493% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.0% | 86.6% | 88.2% | 89.8% | 91.3% | 93.0% |
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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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