Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.1% | 27.5% | 28.7% | 30.0% | 31.3% | 32.7% |
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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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6.5% | 7.3% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 10.5% |
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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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0.22% | 0.39% | 0.57% | 0.74% | 0.91% | 1.09% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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76.1% | 80.4% | 84.7% | 88.9% | 93.2% | 97.5% |
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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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25.07% | 25.19% | 25.32% | 25.44% | 25.56% | 25.69% |
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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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10.3% | 11.3% | 12.3% | 13.3% | 14.2% | 15.3% |
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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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0.20% | 0.31% | 0.42% | 0.54% | 0.65% | 0.76% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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90.9% | 92.3% | 93.7% | 95.1% | 96.5% | 98.0% |
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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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