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% | 24.0% | 26.2% | 28.5% | 30.7% |
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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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7.6% | 9.0% | 10.4% | 11.8% | 13.2% | 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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0.86% | 1.03% | 1.20% | 1.37% | 1.53% | 1.70% |
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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% | 0.27% | 0.54% | 0.82% | 1.09% | 1.37% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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87.6% | 89.7% | 91.7% | 93.7% | 95.7% | 97.7% |
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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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17.4% | 20.4% | 23.3% | 26.3% | 29.2% | 32.2% |
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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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3.0% | 5.9% | 8.6% | 11.4% | 14.2% | 17.0% |
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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% | 0.19% | 0.38% | 0.57% | 0.76% | 0.95% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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80.5% | 84.5% | 88.4% | 92.2% | 96.1% | 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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