Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.3% | 25.2% | 26.2% | 27.1% | 28.1% | 29.1% |
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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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12.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% | 13.8% | 14.3% | 14.9% |
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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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1.90% | 1.96% | 2.01% | 2.07% | 2.12% | 2.18% |
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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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0.45% | 0.53% | 0.60% | 0.68% | 0.75% | 0.83% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.5% | 86.8% | 88.1% | 89.4% | 90.7% | 92.1% |
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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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16.7% | 20.7% | 24.7% | 28.6% | 32.6% | 36.5% |
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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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13.2% | 15.0% | 16.7% | 18.4% | 20.1% | 21.9% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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85.2% | 88.2% | 91.1% | 94.1% | 97.0% | 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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