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Interesting Article - BR
THe U.S. ranks 31 out of 43 developed countries in the world for raising children.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2011/11/08/2011-mothers-index_n_1081089.html
I can't make it clicky from my phone. Extra bonus: the picture of Norway looks just like a scene from Deathly Hallows.
Re: Interesting Article - BR
Parts I found the most interesting:
-- Forty-two percent of American children aren't enrolled in preschool, making us the developed nation with the fifth-lowest rates of enrollment.
the United States is the only nation in the developed world that doesn't have federally-required maternity leave. Couple that with findings that the average leave American women get is shorter and less likely to be covered by her employer than in any other "wealthy" nation, and it becomes clear how much work we have to do on behalf of mothers.
I have not read the article, but I also find this interesting. I don't know about how much this affects taxpayers financially but I've always been curious about the differences.
I can't help but feel though, that if I were to get a year of paid maternity leave like in Canada, not only would I have a harder time building my career, I'd have a harder time finding a job that could build a career (as a young woman). That would be expensive to finance a worker that is in asentia for a year!
That's interesting, Naylong.
Now I'm wondering what the welfare programs are like in these countries. Are the programs extremely difficult to become a part of and/or live on? We have pretty good programs here, and I wonder if that corresponds with a higher birthrate. Granted its just the business I'm in, but everyday I see more people with lower incomes having more kids than the people with high incomes.
Truth. My sister's boyfriend is doing a six month rotation in Norway for his company, and he complains about the cost of things. A Big Mac there is 90 krone which roughly equals $15.75. Yikes.
I absolutely wish we had better maternity leave options, but what horrifies me most is our maternal death rate.... WHY? It should not be that high, not nearly. You have to wonder what's causing it.
Never thought about it that way, Dehko, and googled "Birth Rate Norway" and this was one of the first results:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4786160.stm (BBC Article called Norway's welfare model 'helps birth rate)
I also went to get a Diet Coke one one excursion in Norway and after hearing it was $14, declined.