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Appendix table 10. Families by type of family and number of children aged 17 or under living at home on December 31, 2014

Family
type		 Total Number of children aged 17 or under
1 2 3 4 5 -
Family
type
total		 573 566 247 882 220 487 76 033 18 655 10 509
Married
couple
with
children		 343 428 122 339 143 250 54 927 13 966 8 946
Registered
partnership		 524 301 179 38 6 -
Cohabiting
couple
with
children		 110 069 55 758 40 794 10 684 2 235 598
Mother
with
children		 103 115 58 338 32 064 9 512 2 296 905
Father
with
children		 16 430 11 146 4 200 872 152 60
Relative proportion %
Families
total		 100,0 43,2 38,4 13,3 3,3 1,8
Married
couple
with
children		 100,0 35,6 41,7 16,0 4,1 2,6
Registered
partnership		 100,0 57,4 34,2 7,3 1,1 0,0
Cohabiting
couple
with
children		 100,0 50,7 37,1 9,7 2,0 0,5
Mother
with
children		 100,0 56,6 31,1 9,2 2,2 0,9
Father
with
children		 100,0 67,8 25,6 5,3 0,9 0,4

Source: Population and Justice Statistics, Statistics Finland

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

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 27.11.2015

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2014, Appendix table 10. Families by type of family and number of children aged 17 or under living at home on December 31, 2014 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2014/02/perh_2014_02_2015-11-27_tau_010_en.html