Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.5% | 27.8% | 29.0% | 30.3% | 31.6% | 32.9% |
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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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16.7% | 17.3% | 17.9% | 18.4% | 19.0% | 19.6% |
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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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Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
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2.89% | 2.96% | 3.02% | 3.08% | 3.14% | 3.20% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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80.59% | 80.72% | 80.85% | 80.97% | 81.10% | 81.24% |
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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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23.8% | 26.6% | 29.5% | 32.3% | 35.2% | 38.1% |
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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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10.9% | 14.3% | 17.7% | 21.1% | 24.5% | 27.9% |
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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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63.4% | 67.8% | 72.3% | 76.7% | 81.1% | 85.6% |
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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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