Except where noted, all data is for the US population, and, where possible, a link to the source data is provided.

AT HOME DAD NUMBERS

17.3 percent of all children aged 0-4 with employed mother
Census Bureau, 2007 (based on 2005 data, Excel file)
Or maybe it's 25 percent (Press release)
Or 17.2 percent ("historical table")
Or 18.2 percent ("detailed table 2b")
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159,000
Census Bureau, 2007 (based on 2006 data, Excel file)
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143,000
Census Bureau, 2006 (based on 2005 data, CSV file, sorry)
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147,000
Census Bureau, 2005 (based on 2004 data, Excel file)
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98,000
Census Bureau, 2004 (based on 2003 data)
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105,000
Census Bureau, 2003 (based on 2002 data)
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18.5 percent of fathers with working wives
Census Bureau, 2003 (based on 1999 data)
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1,915,000
Census Bureau, 1997 (based on 1993 data)

22 percent of fathers
Spike TV survey, via Time magazine, 2004
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80,000 (Japan)
Social Insurance Agency, as cited in newspaper report
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155,000 (UK)
Cited in newspaper report, 2004 (story now in paid archive)
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11 percent of fathers (UK)
Early Learning Centre, 2004
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MEN CONSIDERING AT-HOME FATHERHOOD

37 percent
careerbuilder.com, 2007

"Four-in-ten"
careerbuilder.com, 2006
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49 percent
careerbuilder.com, 2005
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43 percent
careerbuilder.com, 2004

56 percent
Spike TV survey, 2004
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40 percent
careerbuilder.com, 2003
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"Almost half" (UK)
Pregnancy and Birth Magazine survey, 2004 (based on newspaper report)
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"One-third" (UK)
Pregnancy and Birth Magazine survey, 2003 (based on newspaper report now in paid archives)
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