Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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17.9% | 18.6% | 19.3% | 20.0% | 20.7% | 21.4% |
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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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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% | 0.29% | 0.58% | 0.87% | 1.16% | 1.45% |
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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% | 0.17% | 0.35% | 0.52% | 0.70% | 0.87% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.3% | 88.1% | 89.8% | 91.5% | 93.3% | 95.0% |
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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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13.3% | 15.2% | 17.0% | 18.7% | 20.5% | 22.4% |
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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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1.4% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
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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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0.15% | 0.52% | 0.88% | 1.25% | 1.61% | 1.98% |
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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% | 0.26% | 0.53% | 0.79% | 1.05% | 1.32% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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76.5% | 78.9% | 81.2% | 83.5% | 85.8% | 88.1% |
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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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