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<title>Number of all-Russian speaking families has exceeded that of bilingual Finnish-Russian families</title>
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<description>According to Statistics Finland's statistics on families, at the end of 2010 there were 11,200 such Russian-speaking families in Finland in which the native language of the only parent or both parents was Russian. The commonest combination among the Russian-speaking families was one of two Russian speakers, of which there were 7,700. As recently as in the previous year, the commonest combination was still a family formed by a Finnish-speaking man and Russian-speaking woman.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Growth in the number of families slowed down</title>
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<description>At the end of 2010, there were 1,455,000 families in Finland. The number had grown by 4,600 from the previous year-end. However, the growth amounted to slightly less than in the previous year when it was 6,100 families. Altogether 76 per cent of the Finnish population, that is, 4,065,000 persons, belonged to a family. In 1990, the respective share was still 82 per cent.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Number of families of foreign nationalities grows, but their share is still small</title>
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<description>According the family statistics of Statistics Finland, there were altogether 60,500 families in Finland in which at least one of the spouses or the only parent was a foreign citizen. In the past year the number of these families has grown by 4,200. In 1995, the number of such families was only 25,800, which was 1.9 per cent of all families. Although the number of these families has risen, their share of all families in Finland is still only 4.2 per cent.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Number of families continues to grow</title>
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<description>At the end of 2009, there were 1,450,000 families in Finland. The number had grown by 6,100 from the previous year-end. Altogether 76 per cent of the Finnish population, that is, 4,060,000 persons, belonged to a family. There were 1,026,000 persons living alone. Two-thirds of the families were families of married couples. Twenty-one per cent were families of cohabiting couples and 12 per cent were one-parent families. There were 1,396 families of registered same-sex couples.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Forty-one per cent of the population belong to families with children</title>
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<description>At the end of 2008, there were 1,444,000 families in Finland. The number had grown by 6,700 from the previous year-end. Altogether 76 per cent of the Finnish population, that is 4,051,000 persons, belonged to a family. Persons living alone numbered 1,015,000. Two-thirds of the families were married couples. Twenty-one per cent were families of cohabiting couples and 12 per cent were one-parent families. There were 1,244 families of registered same-sex couples.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Families numbered 1.4 million</title>
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<description>At the end of 2007, there were 1,438,000 families in Finland. The number had grown by 6,000 from the previous year-end. Altogether 76 per cent of the Finnish population belonged to a family. Two-thirds of the families were married couples. Twenty-one per cent were families of cohabiting couples and just under 13 per cent were one-parent families. There were 1,089 families of registered same-sex couples.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Families in Finland numbered 1.4 million at the turn of the year</title>
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<description>At the end of 2006, there were 1,431,000 families in Finland. The number had grown by 5,000 from the previous year-end. Altogether 77 per cent of the Finnish population belonged to a family. Two-thirds of the families were married couples. Twenty-one per cent were families of cohabiting couples and just under 13 per cent were one-parent families. There were 948 families of registered same-sex couples.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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