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How much paid leave is available to parents to meet the everyday and disability-specific health needs of a child aged 5 with disabilities?

This series of variables examines the duration of paid leave available by age of child. Some countries only allow parents to take this leave to meet younger children’s health needs.

Any leave for children’s everyday health needs includes leave specifically designated for children’s health needs excluding cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs, as well as discretionary and family needs leave which may be used for health needs.

Paid leave for disability-specific health needs includes leave explicitly made available for the health needs of children with disabilities. Some countries refer to children with physical disabilities, some refer to children with mental health conditions or intellectual disabilities, and some discuss children or family members with disabilities in general. For the purposes of this variable the term “children with disabilities” captures all of these definitions.

Leave available as needed means that leave is available for as long as treatment is required, or parents are entitled to take leave for each episode requiring care.

Leave available only to mothers is categorized as No paid leave.

Countries

Afghanistan - No paid leave

Algeria - No paid leave

Andorra - No paid leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No paid leave

Argentina - No paid leave

Azerbaijan - No paid leave

Bahamas - No paid leave

Barbados - No paid leave

Belgium - No paid leave

Belize - No paid leave

Bolivia - No paid leave

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Burundi - No paid leave

Canada - No paid leave

Cabo Verde - No paid leave

Chad - No paid leave

Chile - No paid leave

China - No paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Costa Rica - No paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No paid leave

Cyprus - No paid leave

Denmark - No paid leave

Djibouti - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Dominican Republic - No paid leave

Ecuador - No paid leave

El Salvador - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

The Gambia - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

Ghana - No paid leave

Greenland - No paid leave

Grenada - No paid leave

Guatemala - No paid leave

Guinea - No paid leave

Guinea-Bissau - No paid leave

Guyana - No paid leave

Haiti - No paid leave

Honduras - No paid leave

India - No paid leave

Indonesia - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Iraq - No paid leave

Italy - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Jordan - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Kenya - No paid leave

Kiribati - No paid leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Libya - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Marshall Islands - No paid leave

Mauritius - No paid leave

Mexico - No paid leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid leave

Monaco - No paid leave

Mongolia - No paid leave

Montenegro - No paid leave

Morocco - No paid leave

Mozambique - No paid leave

Namibia - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Oman - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Palau - No paid leave

Panama - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Paraguay - No paid leave

The Philippines - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

Rwanda - No paid leave

Samoa - No paid leave

Saudi Arabia - No paid leave

Serbia - No paid leave

Sierra Leone - No paid leave

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Somalia - No paid leave

Spain - No paid leave

Sri Lanka - No paid leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - No paid leave

St. Lucia - No paid leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No paid leave

Sudan - No paid leave

Suriname - No paid leave

Eswatini - No paid leave

Switzerland - No paid leave

Syria - No paid leave

Timor-Leste - No paid leave

Tonga - No paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave

Tunisia - No paid leave

Tuvalu - No paid leave

Uganda - No paid leave

United Arab Emirates - No paid leave

United Kingdom - No paid leave

United States of America - No paid leave

Vanuatu - No paid leave

Venezuela - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Brazil - Less than 1 week

Ireland - Less than 1 week

North Macedonia - Less than 1 week

Malta - Less than 1 week

Singapore - Less than 1 week

South Africa - Less than 1 week

South Sudan - Less than 1 week

Tanzania - Less than 1 week

Thailand - Less than 1 week

Zambia - Less than 1 week

Angola - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Bahrain - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Bhutan - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Cambodia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Egypt - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Fiji - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Liberia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Myanmar - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Peru - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Albania - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Australia - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Austria - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Bangladesh - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Benin - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Burkina Faso - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Cameroon - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Central African Republic - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Colombia - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Comoros - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Republic of the Congo - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Gabon - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Germany - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Lithuania - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Maldives - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Mali - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Mauritania - 2 - 3.9 weeks

The Netherlands - 2 - 3.9 weeks

New Zealand - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Senegal - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Tajikistan - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Togo - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Türkiye - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Turkmenistan - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Uruguay - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Vietnam - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Yemen - 2 - 3.9 weeks

Armenia - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Belarus - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Bulgaria - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Croatia - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Cuba - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Czech Republic - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Estonia - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Finland - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

France - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Greece - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Hungary - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Iceland - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Israel - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Japan - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Kyrgyzstan - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Latvia - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Liechtenstein - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Luxembourg - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Madagascar - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Moldova - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Nicaragua - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Norway - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Poland - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Portugal - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Romania - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Russian Federation - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

San Marino - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Sao Tome and Principe - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Seychelles - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Slovakia - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Slovenia - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Sweden - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Ukraine - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed

Uzbekistan - 4 weeks or more, or leave available as needed