Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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23.9% | 25.9% | 27.8% | 29.6% | 31.5% | 33.5% |
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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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14.1% | 15.0% | 15.8% | 16.7% | 17.5% | 18.4% |
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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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0.60% | 0.81% | 1.01% | 1.22% | 1.42% | 1.63% |
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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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0.44% | 0.51% | 0.57% | 0.63% | 0.69% | 0.76% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.1% | 88.3% | 90.4% | 92.6% | 94.7% | 96.9% |
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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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24.6% | 29.5% | 34.4% | 39.3% | 44.2% | 49.2% |
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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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14.1% | 15.7% | 17.3% | 18.9% | 20.4% | 22.0% |
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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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0.00% | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.39% | 0.50% |
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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% | 0.26% | 0.53% | 0.79% | 1.06% | 1.33% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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88.7% | 90.6% | 92.4% | 94.2% | 96.0% | 97.8% |
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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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