Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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27.83% | 28.20% | 28.57% | 28.94% | 29.31% | 29.68% |
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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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8.08% | 8.18% | 8.28% | 8.38% | 8.47% | 8.58% |
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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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1.492% | 1.519% | 1.545% | 1.571% | 1.597% | 1.623% |
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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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0.497% | 0.521% | 0.545% | 0.568% | 0.592% | 0.616% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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82.8% | 84.0% | 85.2% | 86.4% | 87.5% | 88.8% |
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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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12.1% | 15.8% | 19.5% | 23.1% | 26.7% | 30.4% |
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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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2.4% | 5.3% | 8.2% | 11.0% | 13.9% | 16.8% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.6% | 88.9% | 91.1% | 93.4% | 95.6% | 97.9% |
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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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