美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

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http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom ... laces.html

The United States places 28, down from 27 in 2009, out of 32 primarily because its rate for maternal mortality – 1 in 4,800 – is one of the highest in the developed world.A woman in the Unites States is more than five times as likely as a woman in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece or Italy to die from pregnancy-related causes in her lifetime and her risk of maternal death is nearly 10-fold that of a woman in Ireland,” the report said.

The US also scored poorly with childhood mortality. A child in the US is more than twice as likely to die before his fifth birthday as a child in Finland, Iceland, Sweden or Singapore. The “under-five” mortality rate in the US is 1 in 125 births. In Afghanistan, child mortality rates are higher than 1 in 4.

The report also found the US to have the least generous maternity leave policy among developed countries, including both duration of time to be away from work after having a child and the percentage of wages paid during the leave.

Only 61 percent of children were enrolled in preschool, which on this indicator made it the seventh-lowest country in the developed world, it said.

Happy mother' day.

[Jun]

美国的妇女儿童权益和公共卫生一直是发达国家里最差的，很简单，纯资本主义+个人主义，人人为自己，各扫门前雪，身为社会弱势成员是上帝的惩罚。政府从妇女儿童和公益设施上省钱去花到军备上（最近连五角大楼自己都受不了了，对国会说你们不要再给我们塞钱了），倒转罗宾汉，抢了穷人给富人减税。都怪穷人，数目那么多，健康和教育水准那么差，把全国平均水平都拉下来了。

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The report also found the US to have the least generous maternity leave policy among developed countries, including both duration of time to be away from work after having a child and the percentage of wages paid during the leave.

说到这个问题我就觉得可悲，我老板，女的，老美，我当时跟她争取12周的maternity leave而不是8周的时候，她很气愤的说，你都是faculty啦，一般faculty都是休息一周就回来上班的！当然她自己也是如此，据说是生完三天就到实验室上班的。我说我没法做到这点，如果可能，我还是要12周，她就暗示我没有pay， 我说无所谓，她终于崩溃，很恨铁不成钢的说，我都是为你好啊，这么久离开实验室你回来会不适应的。最后我还是没有扭过她，休了8周回来之后，pump的地方都找不到，整个medical school就一个nursing room，还隔了好几个building， 每天花在路上的时间都来不及。后来我就干脆在洗手间关上门pump直到实验室搬家到新楼，这回彻底没地方啦，最后系秘书给找了个空的办公室才算了事，话说这新楼大堂明亮，电梯神速，从一楼到八楼，楞是没个nursing room。我每天在空办公室里pump,里面没有供暖的，都是带杯热水进去，实在凉了喝两口。

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pre-school的enrollmemt比率低，说明stay-at-home mom的百分比高，看来还是很多家庭单收入可以养家的。记得有篇文章算过，stay-at-home mom的cost平均是1米。

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pre-school的enrollmemt比率低，说明stay-at-home mom的百分比高，看来还是很多家庭单收入可以养家的。记得有篇文章算过，stay-at-home mom的cost平均是1米。

很难讲. 美国有一半儿童出生于婚姻外. 有一半儿童出生于贫困家庭. 那39%的孩子不一定由stay-at-home mom带.
pre-school的enrollmemt和其它发达国家相比比率低主要因为基本没有公费或补贴的pre-school.

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加拿大名列第20，比美国强不了多少。不过加拿大的穷人的孩子比美国的穷人的孩子幸福是肯定的。