| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 24.2% | 24.9% | 25.5% | 26.1% | 26.7% | 27.3% |  
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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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| 10.0386% | 10.0391% | 10.0396% | 10.0402% | 10.0407% | 10.0413% |  
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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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| 1.579% | 1.596% | 1.612% | 1.628% | 1.644% | 1.661% |  
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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% | 0.15% | 0.30% | 0.46% | 0.61% | 0.77% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 79.0% | 80.7% | 82.3% | 83.9% | 85.5% | 87.2% |  
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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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