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Updated Stay-At-Home Dad Statistics

Posted on 05. Dec, 2007 by Brian Reid in General

Though I’ve been dutifully reporting, via posts, the latest from the Census Bureau and others on the current SAHD statistics, it’s been some time since I updated the stay-at-home dad statistics page here. I did some work last night, and it should be more or less up to date now.

The at-home dad stats page is one of the most popular on the site, so I should probably offer the standard disclaimer here: I don’t believe there is any particularly great set of numbers for quantifying at-home fathers. The “official” numbers exclude so many fathers as to be nearly useless, and other measures — while providing numbers that are probably closer to reality — are flawed in their own ways. Colloquially, “2 million” seems to be the most plausible number for men who are primary caretakers, a number that would grow significantly if we added in single dads, part-time workers, etc.

As always, I am looking for more numbers to talk about, so please flag any omissions you may find.