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Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2013

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 1 471 085 1 185 929 75 544 11 980 6 963 178 1 716 5 543 1 487 32 635 149 110
Finnish 1 289 195 1 113 618 24 738 1 477 1 174 85 144 4 213 97 13 164 130 485
Swedish 73 514 18 496 47 434 46 51 9 7 362 11 985 6 113
Russian 23 573 8 224 351 9 726 588 2 10 77 2 825 3 768
Estonian 11 246 3 097 195 250 4 885 - 3 38 1 303 2 474
Thai 4 665 3 917 233 8 14 68 1 14 - 46 364
Chinese 2 931 1 052 60 9 7 - 1 445 29 2 104 223
English 2 550 1 470 152 9 7 - 9 387 2 217 297
Somali 2 443 36 3 1 2 - 2 5 1 279 19 1 096
Other or unknown 30 013 7 957 741 271 74 11 62 338 23 16 246 4 290
Family without a mother 30 955 28 062 1 637 183 161 3 33 80 70 726 -

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marjut Pietiläinen 029 551 2798, Timo Nikander 029 551 3250, vaesto.tilasto@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

Updated 21.11.2014

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2013, Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2013 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2013/02/perh_2013_02_2014-11-21_tau_004_en.html