Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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16.8% | 19.1% | 21.4% | 23.8% | 26.1% | 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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4.0% | 5.5% | 7.0% | 8.5% | 10.0% | 11.5% |
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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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0.52% | 0.67% | 0.81% | 0.96% | 1.10% | 1.25% |
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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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0.828% | 0.856% | 0.884% | 0.912% | 0.940% | 0.969% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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82.5% | 83.9% | 85.3% | 86.6% | 88.0% | 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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14.0% | 18.9% | 23.7% | 28.5% | 33.4% | 38.3% |
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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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3.6% | 6.6% | 9.5% | 12.4% | 15.3% | 18.3% |
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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% | 0.32% | 0.64% | 0.96% | 1.28% | 1.61% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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83.3% | 85.8% | 88.2% | 90.6% | 93.1% | 95.6% |
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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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