Table 4. Families with own children: Employment status of parents by age of youngest child and family type, 2007-08 annual averages
Table 4. Families with own children: Employment status of parents by age of youngest child and family type, 2007-08 annual
averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Number Percent distribution
Characteristic
2007 2008 2007 2008
WITH OWN CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS
Total............................................. 35,856 35,154 100.0 100.0
Parent(s) employed................................... 32,538 31,651 90.7 90.0
No parent employed................................... 3,318 3,504 9.3 10.0
Married-couple families.............................. 25,125 24,634 100.0 100.0
Parent(s) employed................................ 24,459 23,890 97.3 97.0
Mother employed.................................. 16,855 16,615 67.1 67.4
Both parents employed........................... 15,627 15,295 62.2 62.1
Mother employed, not father..................... 1,228 1,319 4.9 5.4
Father employed, not mother...................... 7,604 7,275 30.3 29.5
Neither parent employed........................... 666 744 2.7 3.0
Families maintained by women (1)..................... 8,554 8,338 100.0 100.0
Mother employed................................... 6,224 5,954 72.8 71.4
Mother not employed............................... 2,330 2,384 27.2 28.6
Families maintained by men (1)....................... 2,177 2,182 100.0 100.0
Father employed................................... 1,855 1,806 85.2 82.8
Father not employed............................... 322 376 14.8 17.2
WITH OWN CHILDREN 6 TO 17 YEARS, NONE YOUNGER
Total............................................. 20,361 20,062 100.0 100.0
Parent(s) employed................................... 18,619 18,212 91.4 90.8
No parent employed................................... 1,742 1,851 8.6 9.2
Married-couple families.............................. 13,823 13,771 100.0 100.0
Parent(s) employed................................ 13,435 13,351 97.2 96.9
Mother employed.................................. 10,126 10,139 73.3 73.6
Both parents employed........................... 9,341 9,298 67.6 67.5
Mother employed, not father..................... 785 841 5.7 6.1
Father employed, not mother...................... 3,309 3,212 23.9 23.3
Neither parent employed........................... 388 420 2.8 3.1
Families maintained by women (1)..................... 5,224 5,031 100.0 100.0
Mother employed................................... 4,070 3,823 77.9 76.0
Mother not employed............................... 1,155 1,207 22.1 24.0
Families maintained by men (1)....................... 1,314 1,260 100.0 100.0
Father employed................................... 1,115 1,037 84.9 82.3
Father not employed............................... 199 223 15.1 17.7
WITH OWN CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS
Total............................................. 15,495 15,092 100.0 100.0
Parent(s) employed................................... 13,918 13,439 89.8 89.0
No parent employed................................... 1,576 1,653 10.2 11.0
Married-couple families.............................. 11,302 10,863 100.0 100.0
Parent(s) employed................................ 11,024 10,539 97.5 97.0
Mother employed.................................. 6,729 6,476 59.5 59.6
Both parents employed........................... 6,287 5,998 55.6 55.2
Mother employed, not father..................... 442 478 3.9 4.4
Father employed, not mother...................... 4,295 4,063 38.0 37.4
Neither parent employed........................... 278 324 2.5 3.0
Families maintained by women (1)..................... 3,329 3,307 100.0 100.0
Mother employed................................... 2,154 2,131 64.7 64.4
Mother not employed............................... 1,175 1,176 35.3 35.6
Families maintained by men (1)....................... 863 922 100.0 100.0
Father employed................................... 740 769 85.7 83.4
Father not employed............................... 123 153 14.3 16.6
1 No spouse present.
NOTE: Own children include sons, daughters, step-children, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population
controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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