Table 3. Unemployment in families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2006-07 annual averages

  Table 3.  Unemployment in families by presence and relationship of employed
  members and family type, 2006-07 annual averages
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                              Number         Percent distribution
            Characteristic                                                       
                                                                                 
                                         2006       2007       2006       2007   
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
        MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES                                                  
                                                                                 
      With unemployed member(s), total.   2,968      2,978    100.0      100.0   
        No member employed.............     526        512     17.7       17.2   
        Some member(s) employed........   2,442      2,467     82.3       82.8   
           Husband unemployed..........   1,061      1,110     35.7       37.3   
             Wife employed.............     679        725     22.9       24.3   
           Wife unemployed.............     898        902     30.3       30.3   
             Husband employed..........     772        783     26.0       26.3   
           Other family member                                                   
            unemployed.................   1,010        966     34.0       32.4   
                                                                                 
    FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY WOMEN (1)                                             
                                                                                 
      With unemployed member(s), total.   1,429      1,416    100.0      100.0   
        No member employed.............     753        701     52.7       49.5   
        Some member(s) employed........     675        714     47.3       50.5   
           Householder unemployed......     688        650     48.2       45.9   
           Other member(s) employed....     132        144      9.3       10.2   
           Other member(s) unemployed..     740        766     51.8       54.1   
                                                                                 
    FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY MEN (1)                                               
                                                                                 
      With unemployed member(s), total.     516        520    100.0      100.0   
        No member employed.............     215        205     41.7       39.3   
        Some member(s) employed........     301        316     58.3       60.7   
           Householder unemployed......     284        294     55.0       56.6   
           Other member(s) employed....     118        137     22.8       26.3   
           Other member(s) unemployed..     232        226     45.0       43.4   
  
     1 No spouse present.
     NOTE:  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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