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Appendix table 1. Families by type in 1950–2009

Corrected on 24 August 2010. The corrections are indicated in red.
Year	Total	Maried couple without children	Married couple with children	Cohabiting couple without children	Cohabiting couple with children	Mother and children	Father and children	Registered male couple 3)	Registered female couple 3)
1950	930,572	176,650	593,763	..	..	137,803	22,356	..	..
1960	1,036,270	207,897	678,822	..	..	129,706	19,845	..	..
1970 1)	1,153,878	260,562	722,001	19,100	6,800	126,394	19,021	..	..
1980 2)	1,278,102	302,818	711,226	65,900	36,200	140,725	21,233	..	..
1985	1,331,971	323,584	701,544	87,709	46,632	149,399	23,103	..	..
1990	1,365,341	364,452	640,062	123,471	65,896	147,297	24,161	..	..
1991	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1992	1,374,961	376,429	617,303	129,031	75,617	151,373	25,208	..	..
1993	1,377,451	380,753	607,921	129,429	79,739	153,774	25,835	..	..
1994	1,379,852	388,417	593,787	131,899	81,755	157,429	26,565	..	..
1995	1,382,970	395,953	579,578	135,996	85,309	159,063	27,071	..	..
1996	1,386,414	403,584	566,686	140,194	88,906	159,563	27,481	..	..
1997	1,389,920	410,743	553,729	144,557	93,058	159,918	27,915	..	..
1998	1,393,793	418,927	539,899	150,272	96,228	160,059	28,408	..	..
1999	1,397,660	427,138	526,257	155,476	99,922	160,157	28,710	..	..
2000	1,401,963	436,019	514,868	160,132	102,581	159,432	28,931	..	..
2001	1,407,759	446,404	501,981	166,601	105,399	158,440	28,934	..	..
2002	1,411,947	454,977	492,524	170,368	107,443	157,143	29,093	207	192
2003	1,415,104	462,561	483,140	174,144	109,672	156,235	29,352	271	275
2004	1,420,781	471,962	475,705	177,095	111,294	154,851	29,192	325	357
2005	1,426,002	481,209	468,266	180,590	112,847	153,024	29,238	398	430
2006	1,431,376	488,880	461,569	184,732	114,671	151,475	29,101	455	493
2007	1,437,709	496,814	456,235	188,172	115,860	150,251	29,288	527	562
2008	1,444,386	504,728	452,180	191,177	115,966	149,631	29,460	579	665
2009	1,450,488	509,916	448,897	193,894	116,797	149,823	29,765	625	771
1950	100.0	19.0	63.8	..	..	14.8	2.4	..	..
1960	100.0	20.1	65.5	..	..	12.5	1.9	..	..
1970	100.0	22.6	62.6	1.7	0.6	11.0	1.6	..	..
1980	100.0	23.7	55.6	5.2	2.8	11.0	1.7	..	..
1985	100.0	24.3	52.7	6.6	3.5	11.2	1.7	..	..
1990	100.0	26.7	46.9	9.0	4.8	10.8	1.8	..	..
1991	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1992	100.0	27.4	44.9	9.4	5.5	11.0	1.8	..	..
1993	100.0	27.6	44.1	9.4	5.8	11.2	1.9	..	..
1994	100.0	28.1	43.0	9.6	5.9	11.4	1.9	..	..
1995	100.0	28.6	41.9	9.8	6.2	11.5	2.0	..	..
1996	100.0	29.1	40.9	10.1	6.4	11.5	2.0	..	..
1997	100.0	29.6	39.8	10.4	6.7	11.5	2.0	..	..
1998	100.0	30.1	38.7	10.8	6.9	11.5	2.0	..	..
1999	100.0	30.6	37.7	11.1	7.1	11.5	2.1	..	..
2000	100.0	31.1	36.7	11.4	7.3	11.4	2.1	..	..
2001	100.0	31.7	35.7	11.8	7.5	11.3	2.1	..	..
2002	100.0	32.2	34.9	12.1	7.6	11.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
2003	100.0	32.7	34.1	12.3	7.8	11.0	2.1	0.0	0.0
2004	100.0	33.2	33.5	12.5	7.8	10.9	2.1	0.0	0.0
2005	100.0	33.7	32.8	12.7	7.9	10.7	2.1	0.0	0.0
2006	100.0	34.2	32.2	12.9	8.0	10.6	2.0	0.0	0.0
2007	100.0	34.6	31.7	13.1	8.1	10.5	2.0	0.0	0.0
2008	100.0	34.9	31.3	13.2	8.0	10.4	2.0	0.0	0.0
2009	100.0	35.2	30.9	13.4	8.1	10.3	2.1	0.0	0.1

1) The breakdown of the census by type of family has been revised on the basis of interview surveys (Aromaa, Cantell, Jaakkola: Avoliitto (Consensual Union), Research Institute of Legal Policy 49, Helsinki 1981).
2) The breakdown of the census by type of family has been revised on the basis of the 1981 register-based material on families and cohabiting couples.
3) Families of the type “registered couple with children” numbered 240.

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 28.5.2010