Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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23.93% | 24.31% | 24.68% | 25.05% | 25.43% | 25.81% |
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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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17.22% | 17.66% | 18.09% | 18.52% | 18.95% | 19.39% |
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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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0.78% | 0.86% | 0.94% | 1.02% | 1.10% | 1.18% |
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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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0.29% | 0.37% | 0.44% | 0.51% | 0.58% | 0.66% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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89.2% | 90.1% | 91.0% | 91.9% | 92.8% | 93.7% |
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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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13.5% | 17.1% | 20.6% | 24.2% | 27.8% | 31.4% |
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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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11.1% | 13.8% | 16.5% | 19.2% | 21.9% | 24.6% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.8% | 84.2% | 86.6% | 88.9% | 91.3% | 93.7% |
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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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