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Appendix table 5. Families with underage children by language of parents on December 31, 2010

Language of mother Total    Language of father Family without a father
Finnish Swedish Russian Estonian Thai  Somali English Chinese Other or unknown
All families 582 360 427 649 26 693 4 455 2 113 51 921 2 477 633 15 422 101 946
Finnish 503 224 396 174 8 735 406 349 24 54 1 917 47 5 745 89 773
Swedish 27 988 6 979 16 476 19 18 6 4 151 4 438 3 893
Russian 10 561 3 285 153 3 762 177 2 - 31 3 336 2 812
Estonian 4 366 1 244 76 81 1 472 - 1 12 - 114 1 366
Thai 1 789 1 434 75 - 3 18 - 7 1 14 237
Somali 1 585 7 - 1 - - 819 3 - 9 746
English 1 100 610 63 3 2 - - 155 3 74 190
Chinese 1 088 369 22 1 1 - - 12 529 27 127
Other or unknown 14 823 3 164 296 96 15 1 12 139 32 8 266 2 802
Family without a mother 15 836 14 383 797 86 76 - 31 50 14 399 -

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

Updated 30.11.2011

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2010, Appendix table 5. Families with underage children by language of parents on December 31, 2010 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2010/02/perh_2010_02_2011-11-30_tau_005_en.html