August DADvocate Summary Results

The DADvocate Project
Summary results
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What is The DADvocate Project
DADvocates – 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

Results info
The results presented in this report are summary level information.
As of the writing of this report the project has had 278 respondents.
The data in this report is based on 213 of those surveys.
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Year Born

Geographic Distribution
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

Married Dads

How Much time do you spend with Your Wife?

How often do you have Sex

How important are Children to having a happy life?

Number of Children

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.

Time Spent with Kids
I was going to plot this but we had some crazy answers in my estimation.
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.
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.

Father Income = total Family Income

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.

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.

Politics – Dad is X but I am?

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.

Community Involvement vs. Hobbys
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

How Many Hours do you children watch TV?

How much time does your child spend on the Computer Daily?

Time spent playing video Games

Time spent of personal finances

How Often Do You Work Out?

What do you read?

How Much Time Do You Spend Reading?

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.

August DADvocate Summary Results

by Kevin Metzger on Aug 19, 2010

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