Families

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Forty-one per cent of the population belong to families with children 29 May 2009 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. Next release: 28 May 2010
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 >>>

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Statistics Finland

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Latest release:
Forty-one per cent of the population belong to families with children
29 May 2009
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.

Next release:
28 May 2010

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.
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