"If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and five minutes finding the solution" - Albert Einstein
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
The mission of DAAS (Data Analytics Addressing Shidduchim) is to provide a data-driven perspective on dating and marriage issues to inform decision making for policy and action in our community.
Although the ‘shidduch crisis’ is a much talked about problem in our community, we currently lack basic information about this issue. As of now, there are no systematically gathered data that would let us know the percentage of women and men having trouble getting married, if the problem is getting worse or better with time, or regarding related issues such as the divorce rate over time. Our goal is to collect communal data to discover the facts defining this problem, and the factors contributing to the problem, so that we can help more people get married by implementing the most effective solutions possible.
In this multi-phase project we will:
Identify patterns in dating, marriage, divorce and single-hood rates across time, gender, age and community
Identify underlying factors contributing to the patterns discovered
Use the data to inform and develop community interventions aimed at helping more individuals get married
We have developed a survey to gather information about dating, marriage, divorce and single-hood rates in the Jewish Orthodox community. By answering the survey below, you will contribute to the understanding of communal marriage patterns as an important first step in this process. This survey takes just a few minutes to complete and will require you to answer some questions pertaining to your and your family members marriage status. All answers are anonymous and no private information is being collected.
Project Team
Yosef Sokol, Ph.D, Project Leader
Naomi Rosenbach M.A. Project Manager
Leah Shifra Price, Ph.D, Methodologist
Isaac Schechter, Psy.D, Primary Investigator
Research Assistants: Tzvi Katz, Yoni Schechter, Chani Bernstien, Elisheva Kroll, Yael Cohnen, Leah Gutterman
Get Involved
Please click on the survey link above.
Please tell others about DAAS and share the survey with any member of our community you feel might be willing to provide their information. Every additional response will help!
Click here to find out how you can get more involved and help the DAAS project!
Click here to support the project financially.
For questions or more information on this project, please contact daasinfo@arccinstitute.org