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Adoptions

Producer: Statistics Finland
Homepage: http:// www.stat.fi/til/adopt/index_en.html
Main topic: Population
Related topics:
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS): Yes

Description

The statistics on adoptions contain data about children adopted from Finland or abroad by a person or persons permanently resident in Finland. There may be either one or two adoptive parents. A new spouse of a child’s biological parent may also adopt his or her stepchild(ren). Data on adoptions are produced by the age, gender and country of birth of adopted children.

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Keywords

adoption, adopted children, adoptive parents

Contact information

http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/adopt/yht_en.html

Last updated 23.04.2020