| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 34.3% | 35.8% | 37.2% | 38.6% | 40.1% | 41.5% |  
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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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| 17.6% | 18.4% | 19.2% | 20.0% | 20.7% | 21.5% |  
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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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| 0.00% | 0.24% | 0.48% | 0.73% | 0.97% | 1.21% |  
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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% | 0.07% | 0.13% | 0.20% | 0.26% | 0.33% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 88.14% | 88.44% | 88.73% | 89.02% | 89.31% | 89.60% |  
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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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| 27.4% | 30.3% | 33.1% | 35.9% | 38.7% | 41.5% |  
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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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| 17.6% | 18.9% | 20.2% | 21.4% | 22.6% | 23.9% |  
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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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| 0.00% | 0.19% | 0.38% | 0.57% | 0.77% | 0.96% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 83.5% | 86.1% | 88.7% | 91.3% | 93.9% | 96.6% |  
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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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