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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. ranks near bottom of UNICEF report on child well-being
The United States ranked in the bottom four of a United Nations report on child well-being. Among 29 countries, America landed second from the bottom in child poverty and held a similarly dismal position when it came to child life satisfaction.
Keeping the U.S. company at the bottom of the report, which gauged material well-being, overall health, access to housing and education, were Lithuania, Latvia and Romania, three of the poorest countries in the survey.
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But dont feel too discouraged, fellow Americans! As the International Business Times notes, the U.S. has managed to take first place in plenty of other surveys conducted by global organizations:
The United States is No. 1 on many other lists: It spends more on the military than the next 12 nations on the list combined; its the best in the world at imprisoning people; and it has the most obese people, the highest divorce rate, and the highest rate of both illicit and prescription drug use.
Keeping the U.S. company at the bottom of the report, which gauged material well-being, overall health, access to housing and education, were Lithuania, Latvia and Romania, three of the poorest countries in the survey.
. . .
But dont feel too discouraged, fellow Americans! As the International Business Times notes, the U.S. has managed to take first place in plenty of other surveys conducted by global organizations:
The United States is No. 1 on many other lists: It spends more on the military than the next 12 nations on the list combined; its the best in the world at imprisoning people; and it has the most obese people, the highest divorce rate, and the highest rate of both illicit and prescription drug use.
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http://www.salon.com/2013/04/12/us_ranks_near_bottom_of_unicef_report_on_child_well_being/
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U.S. ranks near bottom of UNICEF report on child well-being (Original Post)
Triana
Apr 2013
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indepat
(20,899 posts)1. der mittens got 47% of the vote although having supported the Ryan budget which proves
Americans surely rank at the top in pathetically abject and holistically sheer and unadulterated ignorance.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)2. K&R
It is all that counts anymore.