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The DADvocate Project
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AGENDA
• Project Background• Statistics Overview• Discussion• Wrap – Up
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What is The DADvocate ProjectDADvocates – Today’s dads are a new generation of dads and while I don’t think we have a great definition, I believe we
are finding ways to be more involved in family life. We are doing jobs that allow us to be home more and we are finding ways to be more present when participating in family activities. We help drive parenting decisions that were previously made by women and we are not the Peter Griffins that dads are portrayed as on TV.
• Since I have no ability to prove this without research and evidence, I’ve undertaken a project to help define who we DADvocates are and I need your help to complete the project.
• The DADvocate Project consists of three phases:
1. The Survey – this is an in-depth look at who you are and what you do. We discuss how much time you spend in the various areas of life including, family, finances, work, physical fitness and much more. We are publishing survey results as we go. You can read about the survey results in various posts on this blog.
2. Interviews – The interviews will be the second phase of the DADvocate project. Interviews will go in-depth with some of the participants of the DADvocate survey. We will talk about experiences growing up, College, and work. We will ask about the best moments you have had with your children and how you spend your time trying to be the best dad you can be.
3. Book – The final part of the DADvocate project will be a published book that tells the story of who we (dads) are and why we give all we give to being a parent, how that includes our work and our responsibilities to our wives and ourselves.
• You can participate In the survey by going to http://www.thedadvocateproject.com/survey• For more information about The DADvocate Project contact Kevin Metzger at kevin [at] metzgerbusiness.com or by
phone at 678-758-0762
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Results info
• The results presented in this report are summary level information.
• As of the writing of this report the project has had 300 respondents.
• The data in this report is based on 213 of those surveys.
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Thank You Gabriel Solomonsdadographic.blogspot.com
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Demographics
19561958
19601962
19641966
19681970
19721974
19761978
19801982
19841986
198802468
1012141618
Year born
• Alabama 5 • Arizona 1 • Arkansas 3 • Asia 2 • California 14• Canada 16 • Colorado 9 • Delaware 1 • Europe 3
• Oregon 6 • Pennsylvania 15 • South America 1 • South Carolina 2 • Tennessee 7 • Texas 9 • Utah 3 • Vermont 1 • Virginia 6 • Washington 6 • West Virginia 2 • Wisconsin 1
• Florida 5 • Georgia 13 • Illinois 8 • Indiana 1 • Iowa 1 • Kansas 1 • Kentucky 3 • Maine 1 • Maryland 2 • Massachusetts 9
• Michigan 8 • Minnesota 4 • Missouri 8 • Montana 1 • Nebraska 1 • New Hampshire 2 • New Jersey 3 • New Mexico 1 • New York 12 • North Carolina 10 • Ohio 6
Yes No0
50
100
150
200
250
Married
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Time
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Where Dads Spend Time
<1 hrs per week
1 - 5 hrs per week
5 - 10 hrs per week
10 - 15 hrs per week
15 - 20 hrs per week
20 - 30 hrs per week
30 - 40 hrs per week
>40 hrs per week
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
<1 hour per month
1-5 hours per month
5-10 hours per month
10-15 hours per month
15-20 hours per month
20-30 hours per month
30-40 hours per month
>40 hours per month
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Wife
Finances
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Where Dads Spend Time
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
More than 2 hours daily1-2 hours daily30 minutes - 1 hour daily15 - 30 minutes dailya few hours each week.4 hrs or less per month
Workout
Read
Other I don't <1 X per month 1-3 X per
month 3 X per week 4 X per
week 4-5 X per month 5 X per
week >5 X per week
01020304050
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Time Spent with Kids
• Weekdays– 32% spend 1 -3 hrs on week days and another 31% spend 3 -5 hrs.– Amazingly 32% of dads spend more then 5 hrs a day on week days with
their kids.
• Weekends– 82% of dads spend 5 hrs or
more per day with their kids on weekends.
– 5% of dads who took the survey don’t regularly spend time with their kids on weekends. This may be related to the divorce rate of survey participants
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You Wonder Why we Always feel like this?
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Work TimeKind of makes you wonder?
<20 20-34 35-40 40-45 46-50 51-60 61-80 >800
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
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We love those Kids
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How important of Children / Number of Children
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Scale 1 – 10 10 = significant Importance
1 2 3 4
Basketb
all Te
am 6 7 8
Baseball
Team
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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Child Time
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Watch TV/ Computer/ Video Games
<30 minutes per day 30 min - 1 hr per day
1 - 2 hrs per day 2 - 3 hrs per day 3 - 4 hrs per day 4 - 5 hrs per day We really need help controlling our kids habits, 5 or more
hours per day
050
100150
0
50
100
150
200
<30 minutes per day 30 min - 1 hr per day 1 - 2 hrs per day 2 - 3 hrs per day 3 - 4 hrs per day 4 - 5 hrs per day We really need help controlling our kids habits, 5 or more
hours per day
0102030405060
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Other info about Kids
• 48% of respondents Female child.• 58% of dad’s who have more than 1 child have
both male and female children.• 14% of our children have disabilities.– 50% of those children have a disability that is
rated as a 5 or higher severity on a scale from 1 -10.
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We Strive to be the Best!
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Father Income = total Family Income
< 30K
30-50K
50-75K
75-95K
95-120K
120-150k
150-200k
200-250k
<50,000,000
Non-of- your b
usiness
0
10
20
30
40
50
Dad Makes XTotal Family income =X
• The 46% of the dads earn the entire family income.• 73% of Dad earn at least 50% of the family income. • 23% of dads earn <$30,000, 70% of those families make under $75,000 total income.• 38% of all families make under $75k
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Income Anomaly's
• One person claimed to have sex more than 10 X per month and make over $50,000,000. They didn’t leave contact info so I consider it an anomaly.
• Another person claims to make 200 – 250k per year but said the total family was “none of your business”. That combination makes this record suspect.
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When do we have time for it?
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How often do you have Sex
<1 x per month 1 X per month 2-3 X per month 4 -5 X per month 6-7 X per month 8 - 10 X per month > 10 X per month0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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Drugs and Tattoos
• 47% of the dad population has tried drugs.• 20% of the dad population has tattoos.• 63% of the population of dad’s who have
tattoos have also tried drugs. • 3% of the population did not answer if they
had tried drugs.
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Politics
• 50% of respondents who identified their Father as Conservative or Republican also identified them selves as Conservative or Republican.
• 30% of respondents who identified their Father as Liberal or Democrat also identified them selves as Liberal or Democrat.
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Community Involvement vs. Hobbies
• 43% of respondents are involved in at least 1 fraternal, community or civic organization.
• Church or Temple was listed as the primary organization for 14% or respondents. This was the highest single community involvement activity.– 27% of respondents involved in fraternal, community, and civic
activities list Church or temple as one of those activities. • 91% of respondents have a hobby that they listed.
– Of respondents that have a hobby 30% enjoy Reading– Of respondents that have a hobby 17% enjoy blogging
• 18% of dads that took the survey identified themselves as being involved in new media as Podcasters, Bloggers, Twitter or Social Media Enthusiasts.
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What do you read?
Total0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Count of BlogsCount of FictionCount of NewspaperCount of Business BooksCount of Personal Development BooksCount of Industry MaterialsCount of History'sCount of Biography's/AutoBiography'sCount of OtherCount of Cook BooksCount of Travel Books
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More Info
• We have many more questions that we can answer about Dads and how they spend their time. If you would like more information contact Kevin Metzger at kevin@metzgerbusiness.com or call 678-758-0762
• Thank you for taking the time to review this report.
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