Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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17.0% | 19.4% | 21.8% | 24.1% | 26.5% | 28.9% |
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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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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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0.18% | 0.36% | 0.53% | 0.71% | 0.88% | 1.06% |
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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% | 0.08% | 0.16% | 0.25% | 0.33% | 0.41% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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83.8% | 85.9% | 88.0% | 90.1% | 92.1% | 94.3% |
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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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19.0% | 21.5% | 24.0% | 26.5% | 29.0% | 31.6% |
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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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4.0% | 5.4% | 6.7% | 8.0% | 9.3% | 10.7% |
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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% | 0.30% | 0.60% | 0.89% | 1.19% | 1.50% |
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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% | 0.28% | 0.57% | 0.85% | 1.14% | 1.42% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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75.8% | 80.0% | 84.1% | 88.3% | 92.4% | 96.6% |
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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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