| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 8.60% | 9.08% | 9.55% | 10.02% | 10.49% | 10.96% |  
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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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| 3.49% | 3.57% | 3.64% | 3.71% | 3.79% | 3.86% |  
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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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| 0.79% | 0.96% | 1.12% | 1.29% | 1.45% | 1.62% |  
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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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| 0.361% | 0.404% | 0.447% | 0.491% | 0.534% | 0.577% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 76.8% | 80.3% | 83.8% | 87.2% | 90.6% | 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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| 1.4% | 5.5% | 9.5% | 13.6% | 17.6% | 21.7% |  
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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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| 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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| 0.00% | 0.23% | 0.47% | 0.70% | 0.93% | 1.17% |  
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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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