Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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19.5% | 21.8% | 24.1% | 26.3% | 28.6% | 30.9% |
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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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9.0% | 10.2% | 11.3% | 12.4% | 13.5% | 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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0.63% | 0.94% | 1.24% | 1.54% | 1.85% | 2.15% |
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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% | 0.11% | 0.22% | 0.33% | 0.44% | 0.56% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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89.1% | 89.9% | 90.5% | 91.2% | 91.8% | 92.5% |
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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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16.2% | 20.7% | 25.2% | 29.7% | 34.2% | 38.7% |
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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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3.0% | 6.7% | 10.3% | 14.0% | 17.6% | 21.3% |
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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% | 0.19% | 0.39% | 0.58% | 0.78% | 0.97% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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78.6% | 82.9% | 87.2% | 91.5% | 95.7% | 100.0% |
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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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