Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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22.8% | 23.9% | 25.0% | 26.1% | 27.2% | 28.4% |
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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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5.63% | 6.12% | 6.61% | 7.10% | 7.58% | 8.08% |
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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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0.83% | 1.22% | 1.60% | 1.99% | 2.37% | 2.76% |
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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% | 0.18% | 0.24% | 0.30% | 0.36% | 0.42% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.0% | 87.0% | 87.9% | 88.8% | 89.7% | 90.7% |
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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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12.0% | 15.1% | 18.2% | 21.3% | 24.4% | 27.6% |
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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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6.6% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 10.9% |
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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% | 0.13% | 0.26% | 0.40% | 0.53% | 0.67% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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76.8% | 81.2% | 85.6% | 90.0% | 94.4% | 98.8% |
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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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