Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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15.6% | 19.8% | 24.0% | 28.1% | 32.3% | 36.5% |
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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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8.5% | 12.3% | 16.1% | 19.9% | 23.7% | 27.5% |
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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% | 0.11% | 0.23% | 0.34% | 0.46% | 0.58% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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73.0% | 78.0% | 82.9% | 87.8% | 92.7% | 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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16.3% | 20.2% | 24.0% | 27.9% | 31.7% | 35.6% |
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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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5.8% | 9.6% | 13.3% | 17.1% | 20.8% | 24.6% |
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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% | 0.49% | 0.98% | 1.47% | 1.96% | 2.46% |
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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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0.000% | 0.037% | 0.074% | 0.110% | 0.147% | 0.184% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.2% | 81.2% | 85.2% | 89.1% | 93.0% | 97.0% |
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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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