Appendix table 12. Reconstituted families by family composition and number of children on December 31, 2016
1) Family type | Number of children | Families' children are | ||||||
Total | Only mother's | Only father's | Mother's and father's | Mother's and common | Father's and common | Mother's, father's and common | ||
2) All reconstituted families | Total | 51 636 | 23 354 | 3 240 | 2 004 | 19 848 | 2 262 | 928 |
1 | 18 237 | 15 282 | 2 456 | 499 | – | – | – | |
2 | 18 085 | 6 559 | 683 | 794 | 9 034 | 1 015 | – | |
3 | 10 409 | 1 275 | 86 | 466 | 7 414 | 851 | 317 | |
4 | 3 538 | 191 | 11 | 169 | 2 557 | 287 | 323 | |
5 | 991 | 33 | 3 | 59 | 630 | 76 | 190 | |
6- | 376 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 213 | 33 | 98 | |
Married couple | Total | 24 877 | 8 799 | 1 301 | 733 | 12 069 | 1 396 | 579 |
1 | 6 876 | 5 882 | 994 | – | – | – | – | |
2 | 8 425 | 2 380 | 269 | 316 | 4 935 | 525 | – | |
3 | 6 191 | 451 | 30 | 266 | 4 679 | 571 | 194 | |
4 | 2 391 | 66 | 6 | 103 | 1 823 | 206 | 187 | |
5 | 697 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 458 | 64 | 124 | |
6- | 297 | 8 | – | 11 | 174 | 30 | 74 | |
Cohabiting couple | Total | 26 759 | 14 555 | 1 939 | 1 271 | 7 779 | 866 | 349 |
1 | 11 361 | 9 400 | 1 462 | 499 | – | – | – | |
2 | 9 660 | 4 179 | 414 | 478 | 4 099 | 490 | – | |
3 | 4 218 | 824 | 56 | 200 | 2 735 | 280 | 123 | |
4 | 1 147 | 125 | 5 | 66 | 734 | 81 | 136 | |
5 | 294 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 172 | 12 | 66 | |
6- | 79 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 24 |
2) Reconstituted family = a family with children where not all the children under the age of 18 are the spouses common children.
Source: Population and Justice Statistics, Statistics Finland
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Updated 24.11.2017
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