March 28, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Employment characteristics of families, 2010
Families with an unemployed member, as a percent of total, 1994–2010
| Year |
Percent of total |
1994 |
8.5 |
1995 |
7.9 |
1996 |
7.6 |
1997 |
7.0 |
1998 |
6.4 |
1999 |
6.0 |
2000 |
5.7 |
2001 |
6.6 |
2002 |
7.8 |
2003 |
8.1 |
2004 |
7.4 |
2005 |
7.0 |
2006 |
6.4 |
2007 |
6.3 |
2008 |
7.8 |
2009 |
12.0 |
2010 |
12.4 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Employment characteristics of families, 2010.
Employment status of parents in married-couple families, with own children under 18 years of age, annual average, 2009–10
| Employment status |
Percent distribution |
Neither parent employed |
4.3 |
Parent(s) employed |
95.7 |
Both parents employed |
58.1 |
Father employed, not mother |
30.2 |
Mother employed, not father |
7.4 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Employment characteristics of families, 2010.
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