Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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21.8% | 23.8% | 25.7% | 27.7% | 29.6% | 31.6% |
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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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13.6% | 16.4% | 19.1% | 21.8% | 24.5% | 27.2% |
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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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0.29% | 0.42% | 0.55% | 0.68% | 0.82% | 0.95% |
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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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0.46% | 0.88% | 1.30% | 1.72% | 2.13% | 2.56% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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93.66% | 93.80% | 93.93% | 94.06% | 94.19% | 94.33% |
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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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16.2% | 17.5% | 18.8% | 20.0% | 21.2% | 22.5% |
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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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12.0% | 13.5% | 15.0% | 16.5% | 17.9% | 19.5% |
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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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0.10% | 0.37% | 0.63% | 0.89% | 1.15% | 1.42% |
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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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1.76% | 2.06% | 2.36% | 2.65% | 2.95% | 3.25% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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92.4% | 93.9% | 95.5% | 97.0% | 98.5% | 100.0% |
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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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