Appendix table 12. Reconstituted families by family composition and number of children on December 31, 2018
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 | 50 717 | 23 085 | 3 146 | 2 100 | 19 171 | 2 290 | 925 |
1 | 17 345 | 14 985 | 2 360 | - | - | - | - | |
2 | 17 863 | 6 555 | 678 | 828 | 8 734 | 1 068 | - | |
3 | 10 493 | 1 313 | 90 | 768 | 7 160 | 825 | 337 | |
4 | 3 585 | 187 | 14 | 342 | 2 448 | 288 | 306 | |
5 | 1 017 | 32 | 2 | 123 | 608 | 77 | 175 | |
6- | 414 | 13 | 2 | 39 | 221 | 32 | 107 | |
Married couple |
Total | 24 153 | 8 626 | 1 260 | 789 | 11 479 | 1 421 | 578 |
1 | 6 660 | 5 692 | 968 | - | - | - | - | |
2 | 8 263 | 2 381 | 264 | 343 | 4 692 | 583 | - | |
3 | 5 995 | 466 | 25 | 280 | 4 489 | 543 | 192 | |
4 | 2 279 | 66 | 2 | 107 | 1 704 | 207 | 193 | |
5 | 664 | 15 | 1 | 47 | 429 | 62 | 110 | |
6- | 292 | 6 | - | 12 | 165 | 26 | 83 | |
Co- habiting couple |
Total | 26 564 | 14 459 | 1 886 | 1 311 | 7 692 | 869 | 347 |
1 | 10 685 | 9 293 | 1 392 | - | - | - | - | |
2 | 9 600 | 4 174 | 414 | 485 | 4 042 | 485 | - | |
3 | 4 498 | 847 | 65 | 488 | 2 671 | 282 | 145 | |
4 | 1 306 | 121 | 12 | 235 | 744 | 81 | 113 | |
5 | 353 | 17 | 1 | 76 | 179 | 15 | 65 | |
6- | 122 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 56 | 6 | 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 31.01.2020
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