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Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2018

Language
of wife/
mother		 Language of man/father
Total Finnish Swedish Russian Estonian Thai Arabic Chinese English Other
or
un-
known		 Family
without
a father
All
families		 1 468 681 1 161 118 74 281 14 439 8 236 316 6 410 2 207 7 006 41 780 152 888
Finnish 1 261 220 1 082 420 24 352 1 797 1 547 145 1 962 203 4 976 13 943 129 875
Swedish 72 311 18 327 46 140 51 66 10 109 9 461 1 062 6 076
Russian 27 129 8 728 407 11 567 739 2 111 15 121 1 124 4 315
Estonian 12 779 3 414 217 283 5 448 1 65 3 55 343 2 950
Thai 5 911 4 785 270 13 30 134 7 3 15 74 580
Arabic 5 064 159 14 3 2 - 3 632 - 18 235 1 001
Chinese 3 872 1 442 80 13 7 1 6 1 830 40 140 313
English 3 487 1 810 181 18 9 2 16 12 618 363 458
Other
or
un-
known		 43 616 10 257 959 435 158 16 286 87 539 23 559 7 320
Family
without
a mother		 33 292 29 776 1 661 259 230 5 216 45 163 937 -

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 31.01.2020

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. annual review 2018, Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2018 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2018/02/perh_2018_02_2020-01-31_tau_004_en.html