Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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20.0% | 20.9% | 21.7% | 22.6% | 23.4% | 24.3% |
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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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8.05% | 8.22% | 8.39% | 8.56% | 8.72% | 8.90% |
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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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2.23% | 2.31% | 2.37% | 2.44% | 2.51% | 2.58% |
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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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0.30% | 0.40% | 0.49% | 0.59% | 0.68% | 0.78% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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79.85% | 79.91% | 79.98% | 80.04% | 80.11% | 80.18% |
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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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10.3% | 13.9% | 17.5% | 21.1% | 24.7% | 28.4% |
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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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4.8% | 7.4% | 9.9% | 12.5% | 15.0% | 17.6% |
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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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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% | 0.24% | 0.48% | 0.71% | 0.95% | 1.20% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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72.4% | 75.3% | 78.2% | 81.1% | 84.0% | 86.9% |
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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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