Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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15.4% | 16.7% | 17.9% | 19.1% | 20.4% | 21.6% |
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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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7.9% | 8.9% | 9.9% | 10.8% | 11.8% | 12.8% |
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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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1.74% | 2.13% | 2.51% | 2.90% | 3.28% | 3.67% |
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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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0.348% | 0.380% | 0.411% | 0.442% | 0.473% | 0.505% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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83.7% | 84.7% | 85.7% | 86.7% | 87.6% | 88.6% |
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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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14.8% | 17.3% | 19.6% | 22.0% | 24.4% | 26.8% |
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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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6.9% | 8.9% | 11.0% | 13.0% | 15.0% | 17.0% |
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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% | 0.45% | 0.57% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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76.9% | 79.4% | 81.8% | 84.2% | 86.6% | 89.1% |
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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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