When did the increase happen?
May 10th, 2012 at 10:00 am by David FarrarIdiot/Savant at No Right Turn blogs:
Save the Children has released its annual State of the World’s Mothers report [PDF], showing that New Zealand is the 4th best country in the world to be a mother. This is an improvement from last year, when we ranked 6th. Its a legacy of the Clark government, and its policies around paid parental leave and early childhood education that we do so well on these sorts of indices. But as the Scandinavian countries above us show, we can do better; sadly, the present government just doesn’t seem to regard it as a priority.
So we improve in 2011 over 2010, and this is nothing to do with the present Government, and all to do with the Government that got chucked out in 2008. Sure.
As it happens, if you actually read about the report, most of the factors have little to do with Government. They are:
- Lifetime risk of maternal death (NZ is 32nd)
- % of women using modern contraception (NZ 9th)
- Female life expectancy at birth (NZ 10th)
- Expected years of formal female schooling (NZ 1st)
- Maternity leave length (NZ 38th)
- Maternity leave wages (NZ 1st)
- Ratio of female to male earnings (NZ 8th)
- Participation of women in govt (NZ 9th)
- Under 5 mortality rate (NZ 23rd)
- Pre-primary enrolment ratio (NZ 18th)
- Secondary enrolment ratio (NZ 3rd)
It seems why we are 4th overall is because we are not very low down in any factor.
The worst place to be a mother incidentally is the Niger. Among more developed countries is it Alaania.
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May 10th, 2012 at 10:06 am
“% of women using modern contraception (NZ 9th) ”
That stat wil improve again when the DPB bludgers get free contraception.
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:11 am
It is clear that ‘Idiot/Savant’ is 100% idiot and 0% savant.
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:12 am
Those bloody Alaanians must be real bastards.
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:12 am
Reason #6 for not allowing comments on one’s blog: Allows the indiscriminate use of dodgy assertions without being called out on them.
Reason #1 for not bothering to read a blog: Comments disabled.
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:22 am
Sure, if the government spent a lot more, NZ probably could increase its ranking. But has I/S never heard of trade-offs? I would think that there are greater priorities than improving something NZ ranks very highly internationally at (say… areas NZ ranks relatively poorly at).
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:33 am
“…So we improve in 2011 over 2010, and this is nothing to do with the present Government, and all to do with the Government that got chucked out in 2008. Sure…”
um..!..just what has this nact-govt done..again..?
phillip ure@whoar.co.nz
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:36 am
Albania?
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:44 am
So if/when you donate to Save the Children, thinking the money might be going to feed some little african kid it actually gets spent producing this tosh??
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Of course. Just as in the USA, where Obama inherited nothing but failure from Bush, not even the intelligence and “Black Ops” that got Osama Bin Laden. Those all started on January 20, 2009.
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 10:50 am
Probably provides another good reason for the government not to do anything radical. I mean, everything’s just fine here, isn’t it?
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 11:34 am
um..!..just what has this nact-govt done..again..?
Yet there was improvement – funny that…
Maybe this just highlights that our standing can and will improve regardless of government intervention and all the government has to do is ensure the it isn’t standing in the way of improvement? Or maybe direct intervention is not the cause of the improvement, instead the Nats focus on trying to improve the economy is having the added side effect of improving the stats in these areas…
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
***That stat wil improve again when the DPB bludgers get free contraception.***
@ Colville,
Perhaps it will marginally although some people simply have low future time orientation and won’t take advantage of it being free. That is why it needs to be a condition of welfare via temporary birth control shots.
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Phillip Ure said
Their work won't be complete until you are back in the workforce Phil
Vote:May 10th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Their work won’t be complete until you are back in the workforce Phil
Who would employ him? I don’t see many ‘village idiot’ vacancies lining the employment pages….
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