Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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19.7% | 20.8% | 21.9% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 25.1% |
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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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14.00% | 14.35% | 14.70% | 15.05% | 15.40% | 15.75% |
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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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1.14% | 1.22% | 1.29% | 1.36% | 1.43% | 1.51% |
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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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0.486% | 0.535% | 0.585% | 0.634% | 0.683% | 0.732% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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80.0% | 82.1% | 84.1% | 86.2% | 88.2% | 90.3% |
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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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18.3% | 19.4% | 20.4% | 21.4% | 22.3% | 23.4% |
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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% | 12.0% | 15.6% | 19.3% | 23.0% | 26.8% |
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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% | 0.31% | 0.61% | 0.92% | 1.22% | 1.53% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.8% | 84.2% | 86.5% | 88.8% | 91.0% | 93.4% |
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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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