Best place to be a mom

Seattle_JiLLn · May 2011

Is Norway.

https://www.freep.com/article/20110503/NEWS07/110503009/Report-Norway-best-country-moms-Afghanistan-worst-U-S-ranks-31st

I wonder why the US mortality rate is so high for mothers? Anyone know?

IdahoGirl · May 2011

https://www.freep.com/article/20110503/NEWS07/110503009/Report-Norway-best-country-moms-Afghanistan-worst-U-S-ranks-31st

I dunno But I did make it click for everyone

StellaZ · May 2011

My friend lives in Norway (and sometimes Sweden). When she had her baby I was crazy jealous...check it out....they were not even married and it still applied - it's just "mother" and "father".....

* Paid maternity leave - 54 weeks at 80% of pay or 44 weeks at 100% of pay up to NOK 364,194 per year (approx $69K in US)
* Paid paternity leave - 45 weeks at 80% of pay or 35 weeks at 100% shared with mother. Father must take a minimum of 6 weeks or lose the paid leave. Each parent has to have worked for his/her employer for at least 6 of the 10 months prior to birth or any leave is unpaid.
* Parental leave - two weeks after birth but most get paid by employer.
* Part time workers as a percentage of total employment - not known.

Seattle_JiLLn · May 2011

Yeah it seems like in Europe being married doesn't matter much and my friend who lives in amsterdam said no one really bothers to get married. And I figured the US would be low because of our dismal mat leave. I was surprised it was from Mortality rates. And sorry about the clicky issue. Im on my phone. Anyone know how to make clickies on your phone?

IdahoGirl · May 2011

No need to be sorry, sister....I knew you were bumping from your phone and that's why you couldn't make it clicky

I have no idea how to do that from a phone, either.

~Lynchie~ · May 2011

I'm guessing a big reason is because this country lacks an adequate health care system. So many pregnant women are going without any health care at all, and the ones who do have health care are going to dr's who are much more likely to force unnecessary interventions onto them. Unlike in most other countries where it is more common that midwives deliver babies and little to no interventions are used in birthing said babies. US Infant mortality rate is also 2nd highest in the world among developed countries. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with education as well. We seem to have odd views on who should be educated on birth control and when... But thats just my opinion.

dawnies79 · May 2011

~Lynchie~:
I'm guessing a big reason is because this country lacks an adequate health care system. So many pregnant women are going without any health care at all, and the ones who do have health care are going to dr's who are much more likely to force unnecessary interventions onto them. Unlike in most other countries where it is more common that midwives deliver babies and little to no interventions are used in birthing said babies. US Infant mortality rate is also 2nd highest in the world among developed countries. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with education as well. We seem to have odd views on who should be educated on birth control and when... But thats just my opinion.

I think you are right on with this.

sunmountain · May 2011

StellaZ:

My friend lives in Norway (and sometimes Sweden). When she had her baby I was crazy jealous...check it out....they were not even married and it still applied - it's just "mother" and "father".....

* Paid maternity leave - 54 weeks at 80% of pay or 44 weeks at 100% of pay up to NOK 364,194 per year (approx $69K in US)
* Paid paternity leave - 45 weeks at 80% of pay or 35 weeks at 100% shared with mother. Father must take a minimum of 6 weeks or lose the paid leave. Each parent has to have worked for his/her employer for at least 6 of the 10 months prior to birth or any leave is unpaid.
* Parental leave - two weeks after birth but most get paid by employer.
* Part time workers as a percentage of total employment - not known.

Almost all of the countries on that list have a tax rate around 30-48%. It's not free - whether this is a great thing or not is personal opinion which I will not debate here but infant mortality is also highly correlated with the mother's education (along w/ income) and Norway for instance has a very high education rate and higher income per capita in comparison with the US. Its just a complex issue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality

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