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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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| 19.0% | 22.2% | 25.4% | 28.6% | 31.7% | 35.0% | 
 
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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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| 6.6% | 9.3% | 12.0% | 14.7% | 17.4% | 20.2% | 
 
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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% | 0.38% | 0.76% | 1.14% | 1.52% | 1.91% | 
 
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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% | 0.38% | 0.76% | 1.14% | 1.52% | 1.91% | 
 
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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| 73.8% | 78.0% | 82.1% | 86.2% | 90.3% | 94.5% | 
 
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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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| 15.9% | 18.4% | 20.9% | 23.3% | 25.8% | 28.3% | 
 
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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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| 8.2% | 9.0% | 9.8% | 10.5% | 11.3% | 12.1% | 
 
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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% | 0.06% | 0.11% | 0.17% | 0.22% | 0.28% | 
 
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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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| 0.275% | 0.302% | 0.329% | 0.356% | 0.382% | 0.409% | 
 
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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| 75.21% | 75.60% | 75.99% | 76.37% | 76.76% | 77.15% | 
 
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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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