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Releases

2020

• Fall in the number of families has halted (28.5.2021)

2019

• Number of families with small children has fallen by almost one fifth in the 2010s (22.5.2020)

2018

• Number of families continued to decline (22.5.2019)

Shared residence

• Around 63,000 women had children under the age of 15 living in two homes in 2018 (17.6.2019)

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• Number of children decreasing most in South Savo (31.1.2020)

2017

• Number of families turned to a decline (25.5.2018)

Annual Review

• Share of children living with one parent increases with the childs age (5.12.2018)

2016

• Number of families grows more slowly than earlier (26.5.2017)

Annual Review

• Number of children with foreign background has doubled in ten years (24.11.2017)

2015

• Number of families continues to grow slightly (30.5.2016)

Annual Review

• Nine out of ten children aged under three live with their parents (25.11.2016)

2014

• There are 1.5 million families (28.5.2015)

Annual Review

• Young people leave childhood home later (27.11.2015)

2013

• Number of families with children is falling further (23.5.2014)

Annual Review

• Parents of families with underage children are unmarried more often than before (21.11.2014)

2012

• Number of large families with underage children has remained stable (24.5.2013)

Annual Review

• Reconstituted families mainly have the mother's children (22.11.2013)

2011

• Number of families with children in slow decline (25.5.2012)

Annual Review

• Children have an average of 2.9 grandparents (9.11.2012)

2010

• Growth in the number of families slowed down (27.5.2011)

Annual Review

• Number of all-Russian speaking families has exceeded that of bilingual Finnish-Russian families (30.11.2011)

2009

• Number of families continues to grow (28.5.2010)

Annual Review

• Number of families of foreign nationalities grows, but their share is still small (30.11.2010)

2008

• Forty-one per cent of the population belong to families with children (29.5.2009)

2007

• Families numbered 1.4 million (30.5.2008)

2006

• Families in Finland numbered 1.4 million at the turn of the year (31.5.2007)