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Appendix table 5. Families with underage children by language of parents on December 31, 2012

Corrected on 18 December 2013. The corrections are indicated in red.
Language of mother Total    Language of father Family without a father
Finnish Swedish Russian Estonian Thai  Chinese English Somali Other or unknown
All families 578 409 419 231 26 384 5 256 3 147 72 736 2 809 1 076 17 685 102 013
Finnish 493 260 386 837 8 622 436 439 31 44 2 118 58 6 289 88 386
Swedish 27 476 6 794 16 185 13 21 5 5 193 7 482 3 771
Russian 11 670 3 354 167 4 464 266 1 2 42 - 393 2 981
Estonian 5 813 1 293 82 108 2 289 - 1 14 - 136 1 890
Thai 2 190 1 748 100 - 4 28 1 7 - 16 286
Chinese 1 332 474 26 1 1 - 628 15 - 33 154
English 1 282 668 67 2 4 - 3 189 1 103 245
Somali 1 894 15 - 1 - - - 4 950 13 911
Other or unknown 17 411 3 560 327 120 22 4 33 171 15 9 770 3 389
Family without a mother 16 081 14 488 808 111 101 3 19 56 45 450 -

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

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2012, Appendix table 5. Families with underage children by language of parents on December 31, 2012 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2012/02/perh_2012_02_2013-11-22_tau_005_en.html