| ▲ | diogenescynic 5 days ago |
| I think one of the biggest factors comes down to single parent vs intact families. |
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| ▲ | chongli 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Sweden has the highest proportion of single-parent households at 34% whereas Poland is near the bottom at 9% [1]. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/e... |
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| ▲ | peterfirefly 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | "Single-parent households" in Scandinavia doesn't mean the same thing as it does in most of the world. There is usually still a high degree of coparenting. | |
| ▲ | 0xDEAFBEAD 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | One possible synthesis is that the high incomes in Sweden make up for the high number of single-parent households. | | |
| ▲ | diogenescynic 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I almost noted in my prior comment that income is the second biggest factor but left that out. Totally agree that income is a big part of the equation. I also bet because it's Sweden it also has to do with public services like childcare being available. |
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| ▲ | tankenmate 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I'm interested; do you have any good stats for that? |
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| ▲ | diogenescynic 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I am on my phone but you can Google and find lots of data that shows dual parent/intact families correlate positively with a bunch of other factors like income, college graduation, etc. More parents=more resources. More resources is generally better than less. Having kids myself, I can barely imagine being able to do it by myself... and even if I could it would certainly be to a lesser quality. |
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