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% | 25.4% | 26.5% | 27.6% | 28.7% | 29.9% |
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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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10.0% | 11.9% | 13.8% | 15.7% | 17.6% | 19.5% |
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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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0.17% | 0.45% | 0.73% | 1.02% | 1.30% | 1.58% |
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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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0.33% | 0.42% | 0.50% | 0.59% | 0.67% | 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% | 82.2% | 85.3% | 88.3% | 91.4% | 94.6% |
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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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16.1% | 19.5% | 22.9% | 26.2% | 29.6% | 33.0% |
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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% | 0.38% | 0.77% | 1.15% | 1.53% | 1.92% |
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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% | 0.13% | 0.27% | 0.40% | 0.53% | 0.67% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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88.4% | 90.7% | 93.1% | 95.4% | 97.7% | 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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