Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.0% | 27.5% | 29.0% | 30.4% | 31.9% | 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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11.88% | 12.02% | 12.15% | 12.28% | 12.41% | 12.55% |
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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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1.706% | 1.727% | 1.746% | 1.766% | 1.786% | 1.806% |
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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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0.534% | 0.559% | 0.584% | 0.609% | 0.634% | 0.660% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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84.9% | 86.1% | 87.3% | 88.5% | 89.6% | 90.9% |
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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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21.4% | 26.3% | 31.1% | 36.0% | 40.9% | 45.8% |
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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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7.6% | 11.5% | 15.3% | 19.2% | 23.0% | 26.9% |
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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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0.00% | 0.43% | 0.86% | 1.28% | 1.71% | 2.14% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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78.9% | 83.2% | 87.4% | 91.6% | 95.8% | 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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