Presentation at M3 Summit on The DADvocate Project

1. The DADvocate Project Summary results This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

2. AGENDA Project Background Statistics Overview Discussion Wrap – Up ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

3. 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 ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

4. 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. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

5. Thank You Gabriel Solomonsdadographic.blogspot.com ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

7. Arizona 1

8. Arkansas 3

9. Asia 2

10. California 14

11. Canada 16

12. Colorado 9

13. Delaware 1

14. Europe 3

15. Florida 5

16. Georgia 13

17. Illinois 8

18. Indiana 1

19. Iowa 1

20. Kansas 1

21. Kentucky 3

22. Maine 1

23. Maryland 2

24. Massachusetts 9

25. Oregon 6

26. Pennsylvania 15

27. South America 1

28. South Carolina 2

29. Tennessee 7

30. Texas 9

31. Utah 3

32. Vermont 1

33. Virginia 6

34. Washington 6

35. West Virginia 2

36. Wisconsin 1

37. Michigan 8

38. Minnesota 4

39. Missouri 8

40. Montana 1

41. Nebraska 1

42. New Hampshire 2

43. New Jersey 3

44. New Mexico 1

45. New York 12

46. North Carolina 10

48. Where Dads Spend Time ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger Wife Finances

49. Where Dads Spend Time ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger Workout Read

51. 82% of dads spend 5 hrs or more per day with their kids on weekends.

52. 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 participantsWeekdays 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. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

53. You Wonder Why we Always feel like this? ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

54. Work TimeKind of makes you wonder? ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

55. We love those Kids ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

56. How important of Children / Number of Children ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

57. Child Time ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

58. Watch TV/ Computer/ Video Games ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

59. 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. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

60. We Strive to be the Best! ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

62. 73% of Dad earn at least 50% of the family income.

63. 23% of dads earn <$30,000, 70% of those families make under $75,000 total income.

65. When do we have time for it? ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

66. How often do you have Sex ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

67. 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. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

68. 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. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

69. 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. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

70. What do you read? ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger

71. 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. ©The DADvocate Project – Kevin Metzger