trasharmdsister12 said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Rainbow Yoshi said:
Britain has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy, my hometown,Gosport, has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy in Britain (no comments from Seece). |
I'm Spanish but I currently live in the UK, so I'll add something related to what you said.
The UK is the worst Western country to raise children in, together with the US. They're in positions 20 and 21, and both are very far from the 19th even, in terms of well-being.
CHILD WELL-BEING TABLE
1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Italy
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Canada
13. Greece
14. Poland
15. Czech Republic
16. France
17. Portugal
18. Austria
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom
Source: Unicef
Some more data:
-UK child poverty has doubled since 1979
-Children living in homes earning less than half national average wage - 16%
-Children rating their peers as "kind and helpful" - 43%
-Families eating a meal together "several times" a week - 66%
-Children who admit being drunk on two or more occasions - 31%
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What are the metrics by which they measured "worse place to raise children"? Education? Crime Rate? Birth defects?
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Education, time spent with the family, trust in friends, poverty, etc. I'll just give you a link if you like:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6359849.stm
In here you can find a full report in PDF (down the page): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6359363.stm
