Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.7% | 28.6% | 30.4% | 32.2% | 34.0% | 35.9% |
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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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10.1% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 14.7% | 16.2% | 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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0.76% | 0.91% | 1.05% | 1.19% | 1.33% | 1.48% |
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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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0.12% | 0.24% | 0.35% | 0.47% | 0.58% | 0.70% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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91.8% | 92.7% | 93.6% | 94.4% | 95.3% | 96.2% |
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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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24.8% | 27.4% | 30.0% | 32.6% | 35.1% | 37.7% |
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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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10.1% | 12.5% | 14.8% | 17.1% | 19.5% | 21.8% |
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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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83.0% | 86.5% | 89.9% | 93.2% | 96.6% | 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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