Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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25.4% | 25.9% | 26.4% | 26.9% | 27.4% | 28.0% |
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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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14.03% | 14.17% | 14.30% | 14.44% | 14.57% | 14.71% |
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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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3.95% | 4.02% | 4.07% | 4.13% | 4.19% | 4.25% |
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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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0.626% | 0.651% | 0.675% | 0.699% | 0.723% | 0.748% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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81.92% | 82.36% | 82.79% | 83.23% | 83.66% | 84.10% |
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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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28.3% | 30.1% | 31.9% | 33.7% | 35.6% | 37.4% |
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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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11.2% | 14.6% | 17.9% | 21.2% | 24.5% | 27.8% |
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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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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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79.7% | 80.9% | 82.2% | 83.4% | 84.6% | 85.8% |
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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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