Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
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18.5% | 20.6% | 22.8% | 24.9% | 27.0% | 29.2% |
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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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5.8% | 7.2% | 8.7% | 10.1% | 11.5% | 13.0% |
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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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1.36% | 1.52% | 1.67% | 1.82% | 1.97% | 2.13% |
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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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0.470% | 0.506% | 0.542% | 0.578% | 0.614% | 0.650% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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77.7% | 79.7% | 81.7% | 83.6% | 85.5% | 87.5% |
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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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13.9% | 17.7% | 21.4% | 25.1% | 28.8% | 32.6% |
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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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1.3% | 3.4% | 5.4% | 7.4% | 9.5% | 11.5% |
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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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0.00% | 0.40% | 0.79% | 1.19% | 1.58% | 1.98% |
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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% | 0.41% | 0.83% | 1.24% | 1.65% | 2.07% |
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Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
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74.4% | 79.4% | 84.4% | 89.4% | 94.4% | 99.5% |
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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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