| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 17.0% | 19.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 27.1% |  
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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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| 11.0% | 11.7% | 12.3% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 14.3% |  
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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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| 0.74% | 0.88% | 1.01% | 1.15% | 1.28% | 1.42% |  
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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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| 0.21% | 0.34% | 0.47% | 0.61% | 0.74% | 0.88% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 76.81% | 77.06% | 77.32% | 77.57% | 77.82% | 78.08% |  
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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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| 17.0% | 19.2% | 21.3% | 23.4% | 25.5% | 27.7% |  
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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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| 3.3% | 4.9% | 6.4% | 8.0% | 9.5% | 11.1% |  
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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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| 0.09% | 0.25% | 0.41% | 0.56% | 0.72% | 0.88% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 78.07% | 78.26% | 78.44% | 78.62% | 78.80% | 78.99% |  
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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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