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Published: 30 November 2011

Number of all-Russian speaking families has exceeded that of bilingual Finnish-Russian families

According to Statistics Finland's statistics on families, at the end of 2010 there were 11,200 such Russian-speaking families in Finland in which the native language of the only parent or both parents was Russian. The commonest combination among the Russian-speaking families was one of two Russian speakers, of which there were 7,700. As recently as in the previous year, the commonest combination was still a family formed by a Finnish-speaking man and Russian-speaking woman.

Russian-speaking families in 1990, 2000 and 2010

Families formed by a Finnish-speaking man and a Russian-speaking woman numbered 7,400. By contrast, families of a Russian-speaking man and a Finnish-speaking woman are still quite rare (1,300) even though their number has more than quadrupled in two decades. The total number of Russian-speaking one-parent families was 3,600, of which 96 per cent were families of mother and children.

In three per cent of all families in Finland, the native language of the only parent or both parents was not Finnish, Swedish or Saame. The share of Russian-speaking families among these foreign-language speaker families was nearly 30 per cent. In 1990, there were only 300 and in 1995 around 3,000 Russian-speaking couples in Finland.

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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• 4. No variation between areas in prevalence of families with children (30.11.2011)
• 5. One-fifth of 17-year-olds live with the mother only (30.11.2011)
• 6. Change in the pattern of young adults' leaving home? (30.11.2011)
• 7. Prevalence of living alone or as a twosome is growing (30.11.2011)

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• Appendix table 1. Family population and average size of family in 1950 - 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 2. Swedish-speaking families by type and number of children of spouses/parents December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 3. Married couples by order of marriage of man and woman on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 5. Families with underage children by language of parents on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 6. Families by citizenship of spouses/parents on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 7. Families with underage children by citizenship of parents on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 8. Families by country of birth of spouses/parents on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 9. Families with underage children by country of birth of parents on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 10. Families by type of family and number of children aged 17 or under living at home on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 11. Families with underage children by number of children aged under 18 and family type on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 12. Reconstituted families by family composition and number of children on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 13. Families by age group of children and type of family on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 14. Children aged 0 - 24 by type of family, adopted children in families by age on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 15. Children by age and number of children in the family living at home aged 17 or under on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 16. Men with a family by age and type of family on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)
• Appendix table 17. Women with a family by age and type of familly on December 31, 2010 (30.11.2011)

Quality descriptions

• Quality description, families 2010 (30.11.2011)

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Updated 30.11.2011