Father's Day

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Отчедень был придуман Сонорой Додд (Sonora Dodd of Spokane, 1882-1978), у которой при рождении шестого ребёнка умерла мать (1851-1898, то-есть, 41 год), а Соноре было 16 (то-есть, 6 за 17 лет, практически раз в три года -- теперь многие именно это считают традицией), она была первой + единственной девочкой. Растили они пятерых пацанов с отцом на двоих. Вышедши замуж, она родила одного дитёныша (угадайте, почему?) в 1909 году (27 лет).

Smart held her father in great esteem. While hearing a church sermon about the newly recognized Mother's Day, Sonora felt strongly that fatherhood needed recognition as well. She approached the Spokane Ministerial Alliance and suggested her own father's birthday, of June 5, as the day of honor for fathers. The Alliance chose the third Sunday in June instead.

Праздник она придумала, празднуя день матери. Первый отчедень отметили 19 июня 1910 года, за 7 лет до великой гендерной революции :). Кстате, бох же = отец и сын и святой духъ, а богомать = не бох. Этта по=христиансге, па-муслинсге неизвестно (мне).
а теперь цыферки от Бюро переписей США:

How Many Fathers?

70.1 million

Estimated number of fathers across the nation in 2008, the most recent year for which data are available. Source: Wave 2 Fertility Topical Module from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation

24.7 million

Number of fathers who were part of married-couple families with children younger than 18 in 2013.

--21 percent were raising three or more children younger than 18 (among married-couple family households only).

--3 percent were a subfamily living in someone else's home.

Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements <http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2013FG.html> Tables FG1 and FG3

2.0 million

Number of single fathers in 2013; 17 percent of single parents were men.

--9 percent were raising three or more children younger than 18.

--About 44 percent were divorced, 33 percent were never married, 19 percent were separated, and 4.2 percent were widowed.

--39 percent had an annual family income of $50,000 or more.

Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements

<http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2013FG.html> Table FG6

Thinking of You, Dad 7,422 The number of men’s clothing stores around the country in 2011, a good place to buy dad a tie or shirt. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code (44811), <http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/> 15,336 The number of hardware stores in 2011, a place to buy hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers and other items high on the list of Father’s Day gifts. Additionally, there were 6,705 home centers across the country in 2011. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS codes (444130) and (444110), <http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/> 21,227 Number of sporting goods stores in 2011. These stores are good places to purchase traditional gifts for dad, such as fishing rods and golf clubs.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, NAICS code (451110), <http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/> 79.1 million The number of Americans who participated in a barbecue in 2010. It’s probably safe to assume many of these barbecues took place on Father’s Day. Source: GFK Mediamark Research and Intelligence as cited in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012, Table 1240. <http://www.gfkmri.com> <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab> Stay at Home Dads 214,000 Estimated number of stay-at-home dads in 2013. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for at least one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wife works outside the home. These fathers cared for about 434,000 children. Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements <http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/families.html> Table SHP-1 18% In spring 2011, the percentage of preschoolers regularly cared for by their father during their mother's working hours. Source: Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2011 <http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p70-135.pdf> Child-Support Payments $2 billion Amount of child support received by custodial fathers in 2011; they were due $3.7 billion. In contrast, custodial mothers received $19.5 billion of the $31.7 billion in support that was due. Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2011 <http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p60-246.pdf> Pages 11 and 12 41.4% Percentage of custodial fathers who received all child support that was due in 2011, not significantly different from the corresponding percentage for custodial mothers, 43.6 percent. Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2011 <http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p60-246.pdf> Page 3, table 1 63.9% Percentage of custodial fathers receiving noncash support, such as gifts or coverage of expenses, on behalf of their children. The corresponding proportion for mothers was 55.0 percent. Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2011 <https://www.census.gov/people/childsupport/data/files/chldsu11.pdf> Table 10