Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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20.8% | 22.1% | 23.3% | 24.5% | 25.7% | 27.0% |
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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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9.15% | 9.28% | 9.40% | 9.52% | 9.64% | 9.77% |
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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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1.21% | 1.40% | 1.58% | 1.76% | 1.94% | 2.13% |
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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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0.586% | 0.597% | 0.607% | 0.618% | 0.628% | 0.639% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.21% | 85.42% | 85.63% | 85.83% | 86.03% | 86.24% |
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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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13.1% | 17.7% | 22.2% | 26.8% | 31.3% | 35.9% |
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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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5.0% | 8.8% | 12.6% | 16.4% | 20.2% | 24.0% |
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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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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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72.3% | 76.9% | 81.5% | 86.1% | 90.7% | 95.3% |
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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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