Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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19.5% | 20.3% | 21.1% | 21.9% | 22.7% | 23.6% |
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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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8.6% | 9.7% | 10.7% | 11.8% | 12.8% | 13.9% |
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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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1.37% | 1.47% | 1.56% | 1.65% | 1.75% | 1.84% |
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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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0.513% | 0.544% | 0.575% | 0.606% | 0.636% | 0.668% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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87.3% | 88.1% | 89.0% | 89.8% | 90.6% | 91.5% |
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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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17.2% | 19.4% | 21.6% | 23.8% | 26.0% | 28.2% |
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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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8.2% | 10.9% | 13.5% | 16.1% | 18.8% | 21.4% |
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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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0.00% | 0.47% | 0.93% | 1.40% | 1.86% | 2.33% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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80.9% | 83.4% | 85.9% | 88.5% | 91.0% | 93.5% |
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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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