Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2012
Language of wife/mother | Total | Language of man/father | |||||||||
Finnish | Swedish | Russian | Estonian | Thai | Chinese | English | Somali | Other or unknown | Family without a father | ||
All families | 1 465 733 | 1 185 181 | 75 607 | 11 100 | 6 072 | 166 | 1 568 | 5 269 | 1 328 | 30 299 | 149 143 |
Finnish | 1 289 987 | 1 114 397 | 24 696 | 1 387 | 1 080 | 77 | 127 | 4 042 | 93 | 12 617 | 131 471 |
Swedish | 73 612 | 18 463 | 47 633 | 42 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 356 | 12 | 926 | 6 120 |
Russian | 22 316 | 7 959 | 332 | 9 024 | 518 | 2 | 8 | 75 | 2 | 747 | 3 649 |
Estonian | 10 046 | 2 995 | 184 | 218 | 4 205 | - | 3 | 34 | - | 259 | 2 148 |
Thai | 4 345 | 3 663 | 218 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 1 | 13 | - | 51 | 320 |
Chinese | 2 653 | 956 | 51 | 9 | 7 | - | 1 318 | 30 | 2 | 89 | 191 |
English | 2 402 | 1 396 | 148 | 8 | 6 | - | 7 | 343 | 1 | 210 | 283 |
Somali | 2 186 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 134 | 21 | 997 |
Other or unknown | 27 472 | 7 425 | 689 | 237 | 63 | 10 | 68 | 290 | 19 | 14 707 | 3 964 |
Family without a mother | 30 714 | 27 902 | 1 655 | 169 | 139 | 3 | 27 | 82 | 65 | 672 | - |
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: Riitta Harala
Updated 13.1.2014
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2012,
Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2012
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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