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About the National Data
Data
Data Source: Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC), Census and DOL/BLS
Baseline: 77.9 percent of children aged 17 years and under were living with at least 1 parent employed year round, full time in 2017
Target: 85.1 percent
Methodology
Year-round, full time employment is defined as usually working full time (35 hours or more per week) for 50 to 52 weeks. Children living with parent excludes children living with relatives other than parents.
History
1. Because Healthy People 2030 objectives have a desired direction (e.g., increase or decrease), the confidence level of a one-sided prediction interval can be used as an indication of how likely a target will be to achieve based on the historical data and fitted trend.