Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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27.4% | 28.2% | 29.0% | 29.8% | 30.5% | 31.4% |
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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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8.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% | 11.2% | 12.1% | 12.9% |
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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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0.33% | 0.82% | 1.30% | 1.78% | 2.26% | 2.75% |
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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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0.852% | 0.868% | 0.884% | 0.899% | 0.915% | 0.931% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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91.9% | 92.6% | 93.2% | 93.8% | 94.5% | 95.2% |
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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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26.1% | 27.8% | 29.4% | 31.1% | 32.7% | 34.4% |
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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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6.4% | 7.9% | 9.3% | 10.7% | 12.2% | 13.7% |
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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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0.61% | 1.11% | 1.60% | 2.10% | 2.59% | 3.09% |
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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% | 0.13% | 0.27% | 0.40% | 0.54% | 0.68% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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96.2% | 97.0% | 97.7% | 98.5% | 99.2% | 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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