Statistics don't lie...Read 'em and weep, seriously

Here's a run-down of stats on the Charedi community for 2009-2010 from a study conducted by the Israeli Government:

• 56% of Charedim are classified as poor. Despite being around 8-9% of the population, they represent 19% of the poor people in Israel.
• The overall employment rate of Charedim (women and men) is 43.2%, compared to 72% for the secular population. 37% of Charedi men work in a multi-annual cycle, as opposed to 80% for the secular-masorti crowd. Only 49% of Charedi women work, compared to 70% of secular women.
• Only 8% of businesses employ Charedi Jews, even though 90% of them believe that most Charedim are qualified to work by them. 95% claim the reason for this is the inability to integrate Charedim into a workforce that doesn't segregate men and women. 65% of non-employed Charedim confirm this by saying they are not willing to work in a workplace that doesn't seperate men and women.
• Male Charedim are woefully uneducated: most study in various "Torah environments", and only 9.5% have a matriculation degree and above. 40% do not know English at all, 41% have medium to low knowledge of English.
• The opposite is true of Charedi women: 21% don't know English, 49% have a medium to ow knowledge of English and the remainder have a good command of English. 42% have a post-high school degree (mostly in the field of education). 11.5% have an academic degree. The overwhelming majority of Charedi women work in the field of Charedi education.