Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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19.0% | 22.3% | 25.7% | 29.0% | 32.3% | 35.7% |
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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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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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0.00% | 0.41% | 0.82% | 1.23% | 1.64% | 2.05% |
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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% | 0.12% | 0.25% | 0.37% | 0.49% | 0.62% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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88.6% | 89.9% | 91.2% | 92.5% | 93.8% | 95.2% |
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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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16.0% | 19.3% | 22.4% | 25.6% | 28.8% | 32.0% |
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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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5.2% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
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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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0.00% | 0.32% | 0.64% | 0.96% | 1.28% | 1.60% |
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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% | 0.30% | 0.60% | 0.90% | 1.20% | 1.51% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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83.7% | 86.9% | 90.1% | 93.2% | 96.3% | 99.5% |
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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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