Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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15.4% | 19.3% | 23.3% | 27.2% | 31.1% | 35.1% |
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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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6.3% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 10.0% |
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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% | 0.09% | 0.18% | 0.27% | 0.36% | 0.46% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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84.1% | 85.4% | 86.7% | 88.0% | 89.3% | 90.6% |
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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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18.0% | 20.0% | 21.9% | 23.8% | 25.7% | 27.7% |
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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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7.3% | 8.4% | 9.5% | 10.6% | 11.7% | 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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0.15% | 0.23% | 0.30% | 0.37% | 0.44% | 0.52% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.0% | 87.5% | 88.9% | 90.4% | 91.8% | 93.3% |
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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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