Jersey Births and maternity Stats
Definitions
- Abortion > Legal abortions total: Legally induced abortions by urban/rural residence of woman.
- All births of boys: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- All births of girls: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- Maternity leave > Provider: The method/s in which women receive an income during their maternity leave. Some countries put the responsibility solely on the employer, while others either include maternity leaves into their social welfare programs or use a combination of the two. Some countries do not have laws regarding maternity leave such as the United States and Papua New Guinea.
- Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given: Maternity leave benefits.
- Quadruplet and quintuplet births: Number of births, in which four or five children were born. A mother giving birth to quadruplets or quintuplets is counted as one birth.
- Single births: Number of births, in which one child was born.
- Twin births: Number of births, in which two children were born. A mother giving birth to twins is counted as one birth.
