Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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25.7% | 27.5% | 29.2% | 30.9% | 32.7% | 34.4% |
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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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6.5% | 7.7% | 8.9% | 10.1% | 11.2% | 12.5% |
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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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0.94% | 1.40% | 1.86% | 2.32% | 2.77% | 3.23% |
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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% | 0.11% | 0.23% | 0.34% | 0.46% | 0.58% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.6% | 87.3% | 87.9% | 88.6% | 89.2% | 89.9% |
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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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28.4% | 29.1% | 29.7% | 30.4% | 31.0% | 31.7% |
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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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9.0% | 9.7% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 11.6% | 12.3% |
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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% | 0.31% | 0.62% | 0.93% | 1.24% | 1.56% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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64.0% | 69.0% | 73.9% | 78.9% | 83.8% | 88.8% |
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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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