TY - JOUR AU - Siregar, Adiatma Y. M. AU - Pitriyan, Pipit AU - Hardiawan, Donny AU - Zambrano, Paul AU - Mathisen, Roger PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/06 TI - The financing need of equitable provision of paid maternal leave in the informal sector in Indonesia: a comparison of estimation methods JO - International Journal for Equity in Health SP - 95 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Providing an enabling environment for breastfeeding is hampered by the inequitable implementation of paid maternity leave, primarily due to perceived or actual financial costs. To estimate the real cost of paid maternity leave requires using reliable methods. We compared methods utilized in two recent studies in Indonesia. Study A estimated the financial need of providing paid maternity leave in the formal sector with a 10-year forecast at 21% coverage of eligible mothers, while study B estimated similar costs for the informal sector at 100% coverage annually. Results are critical for guiding future application of either method to inform paid maternity leave policies. SN - 1475-9276 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01431-4 DO - 10.1186/s12939-021-01431-4 ID - Siregar2021 ER -