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Distance of households from services based on the urban-rural classification of the area of residence in 2012

Service	Area
	Inner urban area		Outer urban area		Peri-urban area		Local centre in rural areas		Rural area lose to urban area		Rural heartland area		Sparsely populated rural area		Whole country
	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.
Health care centre	2.2	1.4	3.7	2.7	5.8	5.0	8.9	2.4	10.5	10.6	12.6	8.8	22.6	15.2	6.7	2.3
Library	2.3	1.1	3.8	2.5	6.7	5.7	6.3	1.9	10.7	10.9	9.9	6.1	15.6	13.0	5.6	2.1
Day care centre	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	0.9	0.8	5.3	4.2	6.5	3.4	13.3	10.5	2.5	0.6
Primary level comprehensive school	0.8	0.7	1.2	1.0	2.4	1.6	1.3	1.1	3.7	2.6	4.7	2.2	9.1	6.8	2.2	1.0
Secondary school	1.0	0.8	2.1	1.8	5.9	5.5	3.5	1.6	10.3	10.6	8.6	5.2	14.9	12.5	4.2	1.5
Upper secondary school	2.2	1.1	4.2	2.9	7.6	6.6	6.9	1.9	13.9	14.0	12.6	9.8	25.7	20.1	6.9	2.3
Post office	1.1	1.0	2.0	1.8	3.4	2.7	6.7	1.3	5.7	4.6	5.9	2.1	9.5	7.4	3.2	1.4
Letter box	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.6	0.9	5.4	0.5	2.7	1.3	3.9	1.2	6.5	3.2	1.8	0.5
ATM machine	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.3	4.0	3.6	1.4	1.1	7.5	6.6	5.5	3.1	11.9	10.3	2.9	1.0
Food kiosk	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.6	4.7	4.1	1.4	1.2	12.0	12.2	11.3	8.7	21.2	19.3	4.6	1.3
Restaurant	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.1	3.5	2.7	1.3	1.0	7.7	6.7	7.4	4.3	14.8	12.9	3.2	0.9
Self-service shop	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.0	3.1	2.4	1.4	1.1	6.1	4.9	4.7	2.2	10.5	9.8	2.5	0.9
Supermarket	0.9	0.7	1.8	1.6	5.3	4.5	2.8	1.3	10.7	10.9	8.9	5.8	17.3	15.6	4.2	1.4
Department store	1.6	1.4	3.1	2.8	8.5	7.9	16.9	4.4	19.2	18.5	23.9	22.1	61.1	49.0	11.0	2.9
Nearest grocery store 1)	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.7	1.8	1.0	0.8	5.1	4.2	3.8	1.9	8.4	6.9	2.0	0.7

1) The nearest grocery store is the self-service shop, supermar-ket or department store located closest to the household.

Source: Households’ consumption 2012. Statistics Finland

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Updated 26.5.2014