Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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17.2% | 19.7% | 22.0% | 24.4% | 26.8% | 29.2% |
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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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8.8% | 9.4% | 10.1% | 10.7% | 11.3% | 12.0% |
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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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0.37% | 0.68% | 0.99% | 1.31% | 1.62% | 1.94% |
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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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0.07% | 0.18% | 0.27% | 0.37% | 0.47% | 0.57% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.5% | 84.6% | 87.7% | 90.8% | 93.9% | 97.1% |
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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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15.4% | 19.7% | 23.9% | 28.2% | 32.4% | 36.7% |
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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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4.3% | 8.9% | 13.4% | 18.0% | 22.5% | 27.1% |
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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% | 0.29% | 0.57% | 0.86% | 1.15% | 1.44% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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91.6% | 93.3% | 95.0% | 96.7% | 98.3% | 100.0% |
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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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