Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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30.0% | 30.7% | 31.4% | 32.0% | 32.7% | 33.4% |
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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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8.2% | 9.9% | 11.6% | 13.2% | 14.9% | 16.6% |
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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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1.62% | 2.06% | 2.50% | 2.93% | 3.37% | 3.81% |
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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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76.4% | 80.0% | 83.5% | 87.0% | 90.5% | 94.1% |
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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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17.7% | 20.9% | 24.0% | 27.1% | 30.2% | 33.4% |
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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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8.2% | 11.0% | 13.7% | 16.4% | 19.1% | 21.9% |
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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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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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74.2% | 78.8% | 83.3% | 87.8% | 92.3% | 96.9% |
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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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