Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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23.3% | 24.1% | 24.9% | 25.7% | 26.5% | 27.4% |
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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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11.1% | 11.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% | 13.9% | 14.6% |
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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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1.00% | 1.10% | 1.20% | 1.30% | 1.40% | 1.51% |
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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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0.490% | 0.507% | 0.523% | 0.540% | 0.556% | 0.573% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.0% | 83.1% | 85.2% | 87.2% | 89.3% | 91.4% |
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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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23.3% | 24.1% | 24.8% | 25.5% | 26.3% | 27.1% |
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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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8.3% | 9.6% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 13.3% | 14.6% |
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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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1.00% | 1.14% | 1.29% | 1.43% | 1.57% | 1.72% |
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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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0.57% | 0.68% | 0.78% | 0.89% | 0.99% | 1.11% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.0% | 83.3% | 85.5% | 87.7% | 90.0% | 92.2% |
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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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