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At-home fatherhood is an increasingly popular family choice. This lens offers a starting point for some of the basic statistics and online and print references.
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Statistics on At-Home Dads in the US
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147,000 (Census Bureau, 2005 (Excel file, based on 2004 data)
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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)
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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)
Latest RebelDad.Com Posts
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byAt Home Dad Resources
- Yahoo! dads-at-home group
- The largest and most active online listserv, the dads-at-home group focuses more on personal relationships and support and less on parenting advice
- Yahoo! Athomedad_network Group
- A lowe traffic Yahoo! group which tends to offer parenting advice
- Slowlane
- The granddaddy of stay-at-home dad sites, though the site hasn't been updated in some time.
- At Home Dad
- Peter Baylies' site has the most comprehensive list of dad playgroups around.
The Best of the Daddy Blogs
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byAt-Home Dad Books at Amazon
Twenty Days with Julian and Little Bunny by Papa (New York Review Books)
Amazon Price: $16.95 (as of 12/09/2009) 
The Stay-at-Home Dad Handbook
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/09/2009)
Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/09/2009)
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