Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
|
18.8% | 20.6% | 22.3% | 24.0% | 25.8% | 27.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 (%):
|
9.5% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.1% | 13.0% | 13.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 (%):
|
|
Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
|
0.00% | 0.25% | 0.51% | 0.76% | 1.01% | 1.27% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
|
81.8% | 83.3% | 84.8% | 86.2% | 87.7% | 89.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
|
16.1% | 18.4% | 20.7% | 23.0% | 25.2% | 27.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 (%):
|
5.2% | 8.2% | 11.1% | 14.0% | 16.8% | 19.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 (%):
|
|
Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
|
|
Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
|
78.8% | 83.1% | 87.3% | 91.5% | 95.8% | 100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
Armed Forces:
persons on active duty in the Armed Forces
-
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
-
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
-
Not in Labor Force:
not in the labor force are those who are not classified as employed or unemployed during the survey reference week
-
Working-Age Men:
males aged 35 to 44 years old, the national peak employment age
For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.