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Appendix table 3. Families with underage children by type in 1950–2009

Year	Total	Married couple with children	Cohabiting couple with children	Mother and children	Father and children	Registered partnership with children	Persons in families with underage children	Families with children aged under 18	Families with children of all families, %	Population belonging to families with children, %
1950	599,329	515,115	..	74,319	9,895	..	..	1,341,330	64.4	..
1960	678,046	601,542	..	67,381	9,123	..	..	1,536,464	65.4	..
1970 1)	677,035	602,076	5,800	61,173	7,986	..	..	1,345,089	58.7	..
1980 2)	688,732	572,142	32,100	74,839	9,651	..	..	1,163,926	53.9	..
1985	659,052	533,787	41,458	74,238	9,569	..	..	1,136,027	49.5	..
1990	640,637	490,999	59,900	78,948	10,790	..	2,437,592	1,135,686	46.9	48.8
1991	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1992	647,571	479,057	69,622	86,848	12,044	..	2,461,470	1,152,689	47.1	48.7
1993	647,123	470,980	73,332	90,267	12,544	..	2,460,931	1,154,566	47.0	48.5
1994	643,799	459,978	75,233	95,426	13,162	..	2,443,563	1,152,947	46.7	47.9
1995	639,610	449,241	78,528	98,351	13,490	..	2,425,426	1,150,562	46.2	47.4
1996	635,034	438,883	82,135	100,219	13,797	..	2,407,133	1,146,986	45.8	46.9
1997	630,472	428,922	86,176	101,309	14,065	..	2,389,433	1,142,337	45.4	46.4
1998	625,392	418,883	89,315	102,767	14,427	..	2,367,472	1,135,233	44.9	45.9
1999	619,641	408,234	92,819	103,872	14,716	..	2,343,417	1,127,252	44.3	45.3
2000	612,627	398,892	95,120	103,984	14,631	..	2,317,291	1,116,687	43.7	44.7
2001	605,322	389,174	97,738	103,866	14,544	..	2,288,171	1,105,988	43.0	44.0
2002	598,917	381,340	99,625	103,286	14,634	32	2,265,406	1,096,705	42.4	43.5
2003	595,027	374,940	101,742	103,446	14,852	47	2,249,410	1,090,551	42.0	43.1
2004	592,809	371,323	103,214	103,376	14,837	59	2,239,701	1,087,510	41.7	42.8
2005	591,528	368,553	104,782	103,044	15,063	86	2,232,613	1,084,865	41.5	42.5
2006	589,448	365,326	106,422	102,469	15,111	120	2,223,718	1,080,728	41.2	42.1
2007	587,767	362,884	107,290	102,156	15,291	146	2,216,526	1,076,522	40.9	41.8
2008	585,224	360,904	107,034	101,717	15,382	187	2,206,209	1,071,800	40.5	41.4
2009	584,172	358,871	107,377	102,146	15,549	229	2,200,603	1,068,554	40.3	41.1
1950	100.0	85.9	..	12.4	1.7	..	..	..	..	..
1960	100.0	88.7	..	9.9	1.3	..	..	..	..	..
1970	100.0	88.9	0.9	9.0	1.2	..	..	..	..	..
1980	100.0	83.1	4.7	10.9	1.4	..	..	..	..	..
1985	100.0	81.0	6.3	11.3	1.5	..	..	..	..	..
1990	100.0	76.6	9.4	12.3	1.7	..	..	..	..	..
1991	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1992	100.0	74.0	10.8	13.4	1.9	..	..	..	..	..
1993	100.0	72.8	11.3	13.9	1.9	..	..	..	..	..
1994	100.0	71.4	11.7	14.8	2.0	..	..	..	..	..
1995	100.0	70.2	12.3	15.4	2.1	..	..	..	..	..
1996	100.0	69.1	12.9	15.8	2.2	..	..	..	..	..
1997	100.0	68.0	13.7	16.1	2.2	..	..	..	..	..
1998	100.0	67.0	14.3	16.4	2.3	..	..	..	..	..
1999	100.0	65.9	15.0	16.8	2.4	..	..	..	..	..
2000	100.0	65.1	15.5	17.0	2.4	..	..	..	..	..
2001	100.0	64.3	16.1	17.2	2.4	..	..	..	..	..
2002	100.0	63.7	16.6	17.2	2.4	0.0	..	..	..	..
2003	100.0	63.0	17.1	17.4	2.5	0.0	..	..	..	..
2004	100.0	62.6	17.4	17.4	2.5	0.0	..	..	..	..
2005	100.0	62.3	17.7	17.4	2.5	0.0	..	..	..	..
2006	100.0	62.0	18.1	17.4	2.6	0.0	..	..	..	..
2007	100.0	61.7	18.3	17.4	2.6	0.0	..	..	..	..
2008	100.0	61.7	18.3	17.4	2.6	0.0	..	..	..	..
2009	100.0	61.4	18.4	17.5	2.7	0.0	..	..	..	..

1) The breakdown of the census by type of family has been revised on the basis of interview surveys (Aromaa, Cantell, Jaakkola: Avoliitto (Consensual Union) Research Institute of Legal Policy 49, Helsinki 1981).
2) The breakdown of the census by type of family has been revised on the basis of the 1981 register-based material on families and cohabiting couples.

Source: Population and Cause of Death Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 28.5.2010