Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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25.4% | 26.0% | 26.6% | 27.3% | 27.9% | 28.5% |
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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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13.5% | 14.5% | 15.4% | 16.3% | 17.2% | 18.1% |
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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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0.736% | 0.768% | 0.800% | 0.831% | 0.863% | 0.896% |
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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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0.85% | 1.21% | 1.56% | 1.92% | 2.27% | 2.63% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.3% | 87.5% | 88.7% | 89.8% | 91.0% | 92.2% |
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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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20.6% | 23.4% | 26.1% | 28.9% | 31.7% | 34.5% |
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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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9.1% | 13.9% | 18.5% | 23.2% | 27.9% | 32.6% |
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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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0.54% | 0.65% | 0.75% | 0.85% | 0.95% | 1.06% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.2% | 87.3% | 89.3% | 91.3% | 93.3% | 95.4% |
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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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