Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework

Re:Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kid... by ivanche on Friday April 20, 2018 @11:07AM (#16885362)

Wow, bold claim. India's GDP per capita for 2017 is $7,200, ranked 156th in the world. I'd say they're not far away from being poor. Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kid... by meric on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:14PM (#16887687)

By poorer I mean less income counted in GDP. The lower cost of living make it more viable for parents spend more time with children. I could also argue India is rich compared to, say, Japan, who don’t have much resources to spend on having children.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kid... by FabHK on Friday April 20, 2018 @06:57PM (#16888991)

It's 156 in the world by GDP per capita PPP (purchase power parity) with under USD 8000 (USD 2200 nominal), so cost of living is taken into account, and a HDI of 0.624 (131st in the world).

Many positive things might be said about India, but the notion that it is not a poor country is objectively quite mistaken.

[ Parent | on HN ]