Lior: SBS-SA is talking about boys who are OTD. A dropout and an OTD are not the same thing. Dropout means no longer attending school. The Jewish community doesn’t allow boys to drop out – of school. We make special schools for boys that don’t fit in. The statistic in the report doesn’t change the fact that there are boys who should be going to shul on Shabbos with their father, but aren’t. Go to any shul and look for the 6th -8th grade boys. You’ll see what he’s talking about.
As far as statistics go, don’t Shadchans have databases with thousands of names? Anyone who does database analysis for a living ought to be able to come up with a decent picture of what’s going on.