Report puts Portugal among the least developed countries to invest in children under five years. And generally, those under 18 have a quality of life below the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) average, due to factors such as poverty and low levels of education.
Portugal is one of the OECD countries that less public investment channel for children up to five years. The data contained in a report - Childhood Decides - released by this organization, which concludes that, in general, the quality of life of children in our country is far below the average for the developed world.
With regard to indicators of public investment for each person under 18 years, Portugal is a group of countries that invest between 60 and 70 thousand euros per year. Values that are the lowest, will not be particularly negative in view of the per capita income.
Problems arise when analyzing the proportion of this investment that is channeled to the fringe of zero to five years. Precisely that age when, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, may be the most decisive investment for the future of these children. Especially when concerning poverty.
In this chapter - in which no country has a performance that is acceptable to the OECD - Portugal is among the least invest: of public funds for the children, just over 20% lower reaches six years.
The data, assumed as the OECD, are based at the crossroads of a wide range of indicators, not all recent. Measurements of the current government - reinforcements as the School Social and pledge for new gardens-care - are not yet reflected in accounting. But also aspects such as the values of family allowances and tax incentives to families in which the portuguese advances have been timid in comparison.
Moreover, when the Portuguese under 18 are seen in the light of a broader framework - which the OECD defines as well-being or quality of life for children - the conclusions are still worrying.
A total of six items compared, relating to three major areas - Living Standards, Education and Protection - the situation of Portuguese children is only clearly positive at the level of risk behaviors. Low rates of alcohol and tobacco among children contribute to a sixth place among 30 countries.
But in all other categories, Portugal is below half of the table. In the material well-being is twenty-fifth, at the level of wellness education, twenty sixth, and in terms of quality of life in school appears in twenty first.
The performances are proof of these low rates as 16.6% of children living in poor households. A value that, even taking into account the estimated average income of each country, only allows to overcome Spain to Portugal, the United States, Poland, Mexico and Turkey. The chronically poor performance of Portuguese students in international comparisons are another negative contribution.
Different indicators give an account yet full of anachronisms Portugal, where 85% of children grow up with both parents but a third live in housing below the desired level, where there is little deaths at birth but many - particularly boys - in adolescence.
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