April 27 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Employment status of parents, 2011

Families with children by employment status of parents, age of youngest child, and family type, 2011
Family type	Families with own children under 18 years	Families with own children 6 to 17 years, none younger	Families with own children under 6 years
Married-couple families
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Both parents employed	58.5	62.9	53.0
Mother employed, not father	6.9	7.6	6.1
Father employed, not mother	30.4	25.3	36.7
Neither parent employed	4.2	4.2	4.2
Families maintained by mother
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Mother employed	65.9	70.9	58.6
Mother not employed	34.1	29.1	41.4
Families maintained by father
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Father employed	79.6	79.9	79.2
Father not employed	20.4	20.1	20.8

These data are featured in the TED article, Employment status of parents, 2011.

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