Families

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Children have an average of 2.9 grandparents 09 Nov 2012 At the end of 2011, the 1.1 million children in Finland had an average of 2.9 grandparents in the population. In 2005, children had 2.8 grandparents, on average. The number of grandparents is growing as life expectancy is lengthening. Through their reconstituted families children may also have acquired new grandparents, who are, however, excluded from the statistics, as are grandparents living abroad. At the end of 2011, the number of grandparents of children aged under 18 was 468,000 and that of grandmothers 597,000. The number is slightly lower than the total number of children. Next release: 24 May 2013
Description:	Families are formed at the turn of the year from persons living in the same dwelling according to the population information system of the Population Register Centre. The statistics comprise families and families with children, and their demographic data. Families are classified into families without children, married or cohabiting couples living with children, and single-parent families. Cohabiting couples are deduced from living together. The statistics contain data on the age, language, nationality and country of birth of spouses/parents, and on the age and gender of each child living at home. Families with children are those that include children under the age of 18. Read full description >>>
Keywords:	children, cohabition, families, families with underage children, marriage, nationality, reconstituted families, registered partnership, single-parent families. Statistics by keywords >>>

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 9.5.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/index_en.html.

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