Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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25.8% | 26.6% | 27.2% | 27.9% | 28.6% | 29.3% |
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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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4.2% | 5.6% | 6.9% | 8.2% | 9.6% | 10.9% |
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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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0.77% | 0.90% | 1.02% | 1.15% | 1.28% | 1.41% |
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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% | 0.32% | 0.65% | 0.97% | 1.30% | 1.63% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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84.2% | 85.0% | 85.8% | 86.5% | 87.2% | 88.0% |
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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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27.2% | 28.7% | 30.2% | 31.7% | 33.2% | 34.7% |
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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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1.0% | 4.3% | 7.5% | 10.8% | 14.0% | 17.3% |
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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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0.00% | 0.14% | 0.28% | 0.41% | 0.55% | 0.69% |
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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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79.83% | 79.90% | 79.97% | 80.04% | 80.10% | 80.18% |
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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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