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Published: 30 November 2010

Number of families of foreign nationalities grows, but their share is still small

According the family statistics of Statistics Finland, there were altogether 60,500 families in Finland in which at least one of the spouses or the only parent was a foreign citizen. In the past year the number of these families has grown by 4,200. In 1995, the number of such families was only 25,800, which was 1.9 per cent of all families. Although the number of these families has risen, their share of all families in Finland is still only 4.2 per cent.

Families of foreign citizens in 1995 and 2009

The most common combination in families including a foreign citizen is one where the man is Finnish and the woman a foreign national, and in the second most common combination the man is a foreign national and the wife Finnish. In the middle of 1990s, the most common combination in families of foreign citizens was one where the wife was a Finnish citizen and the husband a foreign citizen. In 2009, the number of families in which both the husband and the wife are foreign nationals grew the most.

Data on families for 2009 were released in May 2010. This is a wider review based on the previously released data containing, among other things, a general overview and tables. The next more extensive review will be published in November 2011.

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marjut Pietiläinen (09) 1734 2798, Timo Nikander (09) 1734 3250, vaesto.tilasto@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Reviews

• 1. Commonest type of family in Finland is married couple without children (30.11.2010)
• 2. Only two per cent of families are foreign-language speakers (30.11.2010)
• 3. Share of families with children in steady decline (30.11.2010)
• 4. Prevalence of types of families with children varies by area (30.11.2010)
• 5. Majority of children live in families with two parents (30.11.2010)
• 6. Girls move away from parental home earlier than boys (30.11.2010)
• 7. Women live alone more often than men (30.11.2010)

Tables

Tables in databases

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• Database tables and their variables
• Archived tables

Appendix tables

• Appendix table 1. Family population and average size of family in 1950 - 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 2. Swedish-speaking families by type and number of children of spouses/parents December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 3. Married couples by order of marriage of man and woman on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 5. Families with underage children by language of parents on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 6. Families by citizenship of spouses/parents on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 7. Families with underage children by citizenship of parents on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 8. Families by country of birth of spouses/parents on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 9. Families with underage children by country of birth of parents on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 10. Families by type of family and number of children aged 17 or under living at home on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 11. Families with underage children by number of children aged under 18 and family type on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 12. Reconstituted families by family composition and number of children on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 13. Families by age group of children and type of family on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 14. Children aged 0 - 24 by type of family, adopted children in families by age on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 15. Children by age and number of children in the family living at home aged 17 or under on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 16. Men with a family by age and type of family on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)
• Appendix table 17. Women with a family by age and type of familly on December 31, 2009 (30.11.2010)

Quality descriptions

• Quality description, families 2009 (30.11.2010)

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Updated 30.11.2010