Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.1% | 25.0% | 25.8% | 26.7% | 27.5% | 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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11.4% | 12.0% | 12.5% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 14.0% |
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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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0.37% | 0.66% | 0.94% | 1.21% | 1.49% | 1.77% |
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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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0.49% | 0.56% | 0.63% | 0.69% | 0.76% | 0.83% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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78.4% | 80.6% | 82.8% | 85.0% | 87.2% | 89.4% |
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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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12.7% | 17.4% | 22.1% | 26.8% | 31.5% | 36.3% |
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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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5.7% | 8.7% | 11.5% | 14.4% | 17.3% | 20.3% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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79.4% | 83.5% | 87.7% | 91.8% | 95.9% | 100.0% |
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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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