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Increase the proportion of children living with at least 1 parent who works full time — SDOH‑03 Data

National Status: Improving

  
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Most Recent Data:
79.2 percent (2024)

National Target:
85.1 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National 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

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Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total
77.9
CI 77.4 / 78.4
SE 0.243
79.3
CI 78.7 / 80.0
SE 0.312
80.2
CI 79.5 / 80.8
SE 0.330
71.7
CI 71.0 / 72.4
SE 0.365
77.2
CI 76.5 / 77.9
SE 0.343
79.4
CI 78.7 / 80.0
SE 0.334
79.1
CI 78.4 / 79.9
SE 0.366
79.2
CI 78.6 / 79.9
SE 0.342

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Sex, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Male
78.1
CI 77.4 / 78.8
SE 0.344
79.4
CI 78.5 / 80.3
SE 0.445
80.1
CI 79.2 / 80.9
SE 0.448
72.4
CI 71.4 / 73.4
SE 0.502
77.6
CI 76.7 / 78.5
SE 0.476
78.9
CI 77.9 / 79.8
SE 0.475
79.2
CI 78.3 / 80.1
SE 0.443
79.1
CI 78.1 / 80.1
SE 0.492
Female
77.7
CI 77.0 / 78.3
SE 0.352
79.3
CI 78.4 / 80.1
SE 0.415
80.3
CI 79.4 / 81.1
SE 0.443
71.1
CI 70.1 / 72.0
SE 0.494
76.8
CI 75.9 / 77.6
SE 0.455
79.9
CI 79.0 / 80.7
SE 0.432
79.1
CI 78.1 / 80.0
SE 0.462
79.4
CI 78.4 / 80.4
SE 0.496

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
American Indian or Alaska Native only
DSU
DSU
DSU
62.1
CI 56.1 / 68.2
SE 3.078
64.1
CI 57.8 / 70.3
SE 3.193
66.0
CI 59.5 / 72.5
SE 3.330
65.3
CI 57.5 / 72.3
SE 3.773
66.7
CI 59.6 / 73.8
SE 3.617
Asian only
84.4
CI 82.5 / 86.3
SE 0.966
87.8
CI 85.8 / 89.7
SE 1.009
88.6
CI 86.6 / 90.6
SE 1.032
78.2
CI 75.7 / 80.7
SE 1.285
83.0
CI 80.5 / 85.5
SE 1.277
84.7
CI 82.3 / 87.0
SE 1.216
83.3
CI 80.3 / 85.9
SE 1.392
85.5
CI 83.2 / 87.8
SE 1.176
Black or African American only
65.3
CI 63.8 / 66.9
SE 0.795
66.9
CI 65.1 / 68.6
SE 0.901
66.4
CI 64.5 / 68.3
SE 0.981
58.9
CI 57.0 / 60.8
SE 0.975
63.3
CI 61.3 / 65.4
SE 1.057
70.2
CI 68.3 / 72.2
SE 1.003
69.4
CI 66.7 / 72.0
SE 1.345
67.9
CI 65.8 / 69.9
SE 1.058
White only
80.5
CI 80.0 / 81.1
SE 0.272
81.8
CI 81.2 / 82.5
SE 0.349
82.5
CI 81.8 / 83.2
SE 0.369
74.2
CI 73.4 / 75.0
SE 0.419
80.2
CI 79.5 / 81.0
SE 0.386
81.4
CI 80.6 / 82.2
SE 0.398
81.5
CI 80.7 / 82.2
SE 0.403
81.9
CI 81.1 / 82.7
SE 0.391
2 or more races
DSU
DSU
DSU
69.8
CI 67.0 / 72.6
SE 1.427
73.2
CI 70.3 / 76.2
SE 1.486
76.6
CI 73.9 / 79.4
SE 1.405
75.9
CI 72.8 / 78.8
SE 1.506
73.1
CI 70.3 / 76.0
SE 1.450
Hispanic or Latino
72.9
CI 71.7 / 74.0
SE 0.580
74.1
CI 72.9 / 75.4
SE 0.638
74.3
CI 73.0 / 75.7
SE 0.687
61.9
CI 60.4 / 63.3
SE 0.741
70.1
CI 68.5 / 71.6
SE 0.789
73.3
CI 71.8 / 74.8
SE 0.763
72.0
CI 70.4 / 73.5
SE 0.801
73.3
CI 71.8 / 74.8
SE 0.761
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
64.7
CI 63.1 / 66.4
SE 0.835
66.2
CI 64.3 / 68.1
SE 0.951
66.3
CI 64.3 / 68.3
SE 1.026
58.7
CI 56.7 / 60.7
SE 1.023
63.6
CI 61.4 / 65.7
SE 1.109
70.5
CI 68.4 / 72.6
SE 1.052
69.6
CI 66.8 / 72.3
SE 1.414
68.6
CI 66.4 / 70.7
SE 1.114
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
83.8
CI 83.2 / 84.4
SE 0.303
85.1
CI 84.3 / 85.8
SE 0.387
86.0
CI 85.2 / 86.7
SE 0.405
79.5
CI 78.6 / 80.4
SE 0.464
84.3
CI 83.5 / 85.1
SE 0.423
84.7
CI 83.9 / 85.6
SE 0.442
85.5
CI 84.6 / 86.4
SE 0.464
85.4
CI 84.5 / 86.2
SE 0.435

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Age group, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
0-5 years
75.7
CI 74.8 / 76.5
SE 0.439
77.2
CI 76.0 / 78.4
SE 0.615
78.7
CI 77.4 / 80.0
SE 0.643
69.8
CI 68.5 / 71.2
SE 0.702
75.3
CI 73.9 / 76.7
SE 0.697
77.3
CI 76.0 / 78.7
SE 0.693
76.2
CI 75.0 / 77.4
SE 0.623
77.3
CI 76.0 / 78.5
SE 0.634
6-17 years
79.0
CI 78.4 / 79.5
SE 0.291
80.4
CI 79.6 / 81.1
SE 0.404
80.9
CI 80.0 / 81.7
SE 0.428
72.6
CI 71.7 / 73.5
SE 0.467
78.0
CI 77.1 / 78.9
SE 0.448
80.3
CI 79.4 / 81.1
SE 0.443
80.5
CI 79.7 / 81.2
SE 0.386
80.1
CI 79.3 / 80.9
SE 0.406

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Family income (percent poverty threshold), 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
<100
32.6
CI 29.9 / 35.3
SE 1.370
33.3
CI 31.4 / 35.3
SE 0.985
30.9
CI 28.6 / 33.2
SE 1.155
20.2
CI 18.5 / 22.0
SE 0.910
24.2
CI 22.3 / 26.2
SE 1.014
29.1
CI 26.9 / 31.3
SE 1.121
29.4
CI 26.9 / 32.0
SE 1.290
30.4
CI 28.1 / 32.7
SE 1.188
100+
87.1
CI 86.7 / 87.6
SE 0.215
87.9
CI 87.4 / 88.5
SE 0.274
88.1
CI 87.6 / 88.7
SE 0.288
81.2
CI 80.6 / 81.9
SE 0.344
86.4
CI 85.8 / 87.0
SE 0.304
88.0
CI 87.4 / 88.5
SE 0.291
87.8
CI 87.3 / 88.4
SE 0.284
87.0
CI 86.4 / 87.6
SE 0.305

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Health insurance status, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Health insurance status
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Geographic location, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Geographic location
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Country of birth, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
US
78.1
CI 77.6 / 78.5
SE 0.237
79.6
CI 79.0 / 80.1
SE 0.304
80.4
CI 79.8 / 81.1
SE 0.321
72.1
CI 71.4 / 72.8
SE 0.355
77.5
CI 76.8 / 78.1
SE 0.334
79.7
CI 79.0 / 80.3
SE 0.326
79.7
CI 79.0 / 80.5
SE 0.387
79.7
CI 79.0 / 80.3
SE 0.320
Outside US
72.7
CI 69.8 / 75.7
SE 1.508
73.8
CI 70.0 / 77.5
SE 1.903
73.0
CI 68.8 / 77.1
SE 2.096
61.6
CI 57.0 / 66.2
SE 2.329
68.6
CI 64.4 / 72.8
SE 2.151
71.6
CI 67.6 / 75.6
SE 2.045
66.0
CI 61.7 / 70.1
SE 2.137
70.4
CI 66.8 / 74.1
SE 1.863

Children living with at least one parent employed year round, full time by Disability status, 2017-2024 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Disability status
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Disparity