Appendix table 12. Reconstituted families by family composition and number of children on December 31, 2017
Family type |
Number of children 1) |
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 |
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All re- constituted families 2) |
Total | 51 315 | 23 196 | 3 213 | 2 072 | 19 587 | 2 303 | 944 |
1 | 17 659 | 15 201 | 2 458 | - | - | - | - | |
2 | 17 946 | 6 494 | 669 | 844 | 8 905 | 1 034 | - | |
3 | 10 622 | 1 254 | 75 | 736 | 7 342 | 873 | 342 | |
4 | 3 649 | 198 | 9 | 344 | 2 484 | 294 | 320 | |
5 | 1 047 | 35 | - | 113 | 647 | 75 | 177 | |
6- | 392 | 14 | 2 | 35 | 209 | 27 | 105 | |
Married couple |
Total | 24 690 | 8 814 | 1 256 | 768 | 11 821 | 1 439 | 592 |
1 | 6 885 | 5 897 | 988 | – | - | - | - | |
2 | 8 350 | 2 388 | 243 | 326 | 4 837 | 556 | - | |
3 | 6 126 | 438 | 22 | 280 | 4 601 | 584 | 201 | |
4 | 2 352 | 71 | 3 | 115 | 1 758 | 211 | 194 | |
5 | 697 | 16 | - | 36 | 463 | 63 | 119 | |
6- | 280 | 4 | - | 11 | 162 | 25 | 78 | |
Co- habiting couple |
Total | 26 625 | 14 382 | 1 957 | 1 304 | 7 766 | 864 | 352 |
1 | 10 774 | 9 304 | 1 470 | - | - | - | - | |
2 | 9 596 | 4 106 | 426 | 518 | 4 068 | 478 | - | |
3 | 4 496 | 816 | 53 | 456 | 2 741 | 289 | 141 | |
4 | 1 297 | 127 | 6 | 229 | 726 | 83 | 126 | |
5 | 350 | 19 | - | 77 | 184 | 12 | 58 | |
6- | 112 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 47 | 2 | 27 |
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
Inquiries: Marjut Pietiläinen 029 551 2798, Joonas Toivola 029 551 3355, Timo Nikander 029 551 3250, info@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 5.12.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2017,
Appendix table 12. Reconstituted families by family composition and number of children on December 31, 2017
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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