美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

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豪情
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美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

Post by 豪情 » 2010-05-08 9:16

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.
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Re: 美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

Post by Jun » 2010-05-08 9:40

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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Re: 美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

Post by lucoco » 2010-05-08 10:43

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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Re: 美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

Post by qinger » 2010-05-08 11:10

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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Re: 美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

Post by 豪情 » 2010-05-08 14:52

qinger wrote: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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Re: 美国-对母亲最不宜的发达国家之一

Post by dropby » 2010-05-09 14:01

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。

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