Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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24.8% | 25.5% | 26.3% | 27.0% | 27.7% | 28.5% |
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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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11.2% | 12.3% | 13.3% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 16.5% |
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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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1.60% | 1.66% | 1.71% | 1.76% | 1.82% | 1.88% |
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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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0.815% | 0.833% | 0.852% | 0.870% | 0.888% | 0.907% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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86.94% | 87.00% | 87.05% | 87.11% | 87.17% | 87.23% |
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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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20.3% | 24.7% | 29.1% | 33.4% | 37.8% | 42.2% |
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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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8.6% | 10.3% | 12.0% | 13.7% | 15.4% | 17.2% |
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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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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% | 0.32% | 0.64% | 0.96% | 1.28% | 1.60% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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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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