Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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26.8% | 27.4% | 28.0% | 28.6% | 29.2% | 29.9% |
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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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14.9% | 16.2% | 17.5% | 18.8% | 20.1% | 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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0.50% | 0.73% | 0.96% | 1.18% | 1.41% | 1.64% |
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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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0.068% | 0.084% | 0.100% | 0.116% | 0.131% | 0.148% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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87.940% | 87.982% | 88.024% | 88.065% | 88.107% | 88.149% |
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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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24.1% | 26.9% | 29.6% | 32.3% | 35.0% | 37.8% |
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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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9.2% | 11.6% | 14.0% | 16.4% | 18.7% | 21.1% |
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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% | 0.37% | 0.56% | 0.75% | 0.94% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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78.3% | 82.3% | 86.2% | 90.0% | 93.9% | 97.9% |
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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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