Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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28.4% | 29.1% | 29.7% | 30.4% | 31.0% | 31.7% |
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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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12.0% | 12.6% | 13.1% | 13.6% | 14.1% | 14.7% |
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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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1.32% | 1.66% | 1.99% | 2.33% | 2.66% | 3.00% |
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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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0.366% | 0.416% | 0.466% | 0.516% | 0.566% | 0.616% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.8% | 86.7% | 87.5% | 88.2% | 89.0% | 89.9% |
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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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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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11.3% | 14.2% | 17.1% | 20.0% | 23.0% | 25.9% |
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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% | 0.39% | 0.78% | 1.17% | 1.56% | 1.96% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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84.7% | 86.8% | 88.9% | 90.9% | 92.9% | 95.0% |
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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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