Appendix table 3. Activity rates by age of youngest child in 2014 - 2018, population aged 20-59
Activity rate, % | ||||||
Year | ||||||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
Both sexes | Total | 84,3 | 84,5 | 84,2 | 85,1 | 86,0 |
Parents of children under 18 years total | 86,9 | 86,6 | 86,9 | 87,5 | 88,1 | |
- youngest child under 3 years | 73,4 | 73,3 | 73,6 | 74,9 | 73,5 | |
- youngest child under 1 years | 66,7 | 65,2 | 66,5 | 65,1 | 63,8 | |
- youngest child between 1 and 2 years | 77,0 | 77,9 | 77,4 | 79,7 | 78,3 | |
- youngest child between 3 and 6 years | 91,1 | 91,1 | 90,5 | 91,1 | 91,8 | |
- youngest child between 7 and 17 years | 93,4 | 92,9 | 93,2 | 93,4 | 94,5 | |
No children under 18 years | 82,8 | 83,3 | 82,7 | 83,8 | 84,7 | |
Males | Total | 86,2 | 86,2 | 86,3 | 87,3 | 88,3 |
Parents of children under 18 years total | 94,9 | 94,5 | 94,6 | 94,8 | 95,5 | |
- youngest child under 3 years | 95,0 | 94,6 | 93,6 | 94,0 | 94,0 | |
- youngest child under 1 years | 95,6 | 94,2 | 94,2 | 94,1 | 93,4 | |
- youngest child between 1 and 2 years | 94,6 | 94,8 | 93,2 | 93,9 | 94,2 | |
- youngest child between 3 and 6 years | 94,8 | 94,5 | 95,2 | 95,1 | 96,5 | |
- youngest child between 7 and 17 years | 94,9 | 94,4 | 95,0 | 95,1 | 95,8 | |
No children under 18 years | 81,7 | 81,9 | 82,0 | 83,5 | 84,6 | |
Females | Total | 82,2 | 82,7 | 82,0 | 82,9 | 83,5 |
Parents of children under 18 years total | 79,5 | 79,3 | 79,7 | 80,8 | 81,3 | |
- youngest child under 3 years | 52,4 | 52,6 | 54,1 | 56,5 | 53,6 | |
- youngest child under 1 years | 38,4 | 36,5 | 39,0 | 36,7 | 34,4 | |
- youngest child between 1 and 2 years | 59,9 | 61,5 | 62,0 | 66,2 | 63,2 | |
- youngest child between 3 and 6 years | 87,7 | 87,9 | 86,1 | 87,3 | 87,4 | |
- youngest child between 7 and 17 years | 92,0 | 91,5 | 91,6 | 91,9 | 93,3 | |
No children under 18 years | 83,9 | 84,8 | 83,4 | 84,2 | 84,9 |
Source: Labour Force Survey 2018. Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 14.11.2019
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Appendix table 3. Activity rates by age of youngest child in 2014 - 2018, population aged 20-59
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