Description
The maternity grant is one of the statutory public benefits aimed at defraying the cost of raising a child. Besides offsetting the costs resulting from the birth or adoption of a child, the maternity grant also has a health policy objective: to promote the health and well-being or mother and child. The statistics on maternity grants provide information about recipients and expenditure. They also show the amount of adoption grants paid out.
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Maternity Grant [e-publication].
Helsinki: Social Insurance Institution of Finland [referred: 19.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/aitav/meta_en.html