A new study ranks Idaho as the fifth worst state in the country for working fathers.
Personal finance website Wallet Hub compared all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. across 20 key indicators, including child-care costs, unemployment rates for young dads, percentage of men in good health, and average length of a working day for men. Each state was also sub-ranked in the quality of the economic and social well-being of working dads, work-life balance for men, quality of child care, and overall health of men.
Idaho ranked last in the nation in the child care category, which measures things like day care costs, pediatricians per capita, and quality of the state school system. Idaho ranked in the bottom half for, among other things, percentage of kids with dad present living in poverty; rate of uninsured males; child-care costs, and average length of work day.
The Gem State fared better for unemployment rates for fathers of kids younger than 18, and percentage of physically active men.
Of the 50 states, Connecticut was ranked as the best for working dads, and West Virginia was ranked as the worst. Washington came in 19th.
Last month, Wallethub ranked Idaho as the worst place in the U.S. to be a working mom. The site looked at three categories, with Idaho tanking in two of them – again ranking 51st in child care, as well as 48th in professional opportunities. The state was 20th for work-life balance. (KXLY, KREM)
