Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.6% | 25.4% | 26.2% | 27.0% | 27.7% | 28.5% |
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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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7.37% | 7.46% | 7.54% | 7.62% | 7.70% | 7.79% |
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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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1.17% | 1.42% | 1.67% | 1.91% | 2.16% | 2.41% |
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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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0.495% | 0.543% | 0.590% | 0.638% | 0.685% | 0.733% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.2% | 79.0% | 80.7% | 82.4% | 84.1% | 85.9% |
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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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18.5% | 23.3% | 28.0% | 32.7% | 37.4% | 42.2% |
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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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5.0% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 10.8% | 12.7% | 14.7% |
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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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0.0% | 2.4% | 4.7% | 7.1% | 9.5% | 11.9% |
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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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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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