Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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17.2% | 18.0% | 18.7% | 19.4% | 20.2% | 20.9% |
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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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12.6% | 13.6% | 14.6% | 15.6% | 16.6% | 17.7% |
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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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0.70% | 1.18% | 1.66% | 2.13% | 2.60% | 3.08% |
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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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0.065% | 0.081% | 0.096% | 0.111% | 0.127% | 0.142% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.8% | 78.5% | 79.1% | 79.7% | 80.3% | 80.9% |
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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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11.5% | 14.0% | 16.3% | 18.7% | 21.1% | 23.6% |
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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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8.1% | 9.1% | 10.1% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 12.9% |
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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% | 0.25% | 0.50% | 0.76% | 1.01% | 1.27% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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75.7% | 79.4% | 82.9% | 86.5% | 90.1% | 93.7% |
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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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