Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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31.5% | 32.2% | 32.8% | 33.5% | 34.1% | 34.8% |
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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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10.1% | 11.4% | 12.7% | 13.9% | 15.2% | 16.5% |
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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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1.555% | 1.563% | 1.571% | 1.579% | 1.586% | 1.595% |
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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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0.474% | 0.505% | 0.536% | 0.567% | 0.597% | 0.629% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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87.59% | 87.80% | 88.00% | 88.21% | 88.41% | 88.63% |
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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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20.0% | 24.4% | 28.7% | 33.0% | 37.3% | 41.7% |
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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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6.4% | 10.7% | 15.0% | 19.3% | 23.6% | 27.9% |
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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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83.9% | 86.8% | 89.7% | 92.5% | 95.4% | 98.3% |
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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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