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Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2014

Language
of wife/
mother		 All families Language of man/father Family
without
a father
Finnish Swedish Russian Estonian Thai Chinese English Somali Other or
unknown
All families 1 473 666 1 183 514 75 457 12 594 7 635 215 1 845 5 913 1 594 35 231 149 668
Finnish 1 285 810 1 109 685 24 753 1 520 1 264 99 162 4 419 81 13 745 130 082
Swedish 73 399 18 500 47 198 43 50 7 9 376 7 1 045 6 164
Russian 24 577 8 406 366 10 261 647 2 8 83 4 918 3 882
Estonian 12 066 3 213 208 247 5 389 - 1 39 - 341 2 628
Thai 4 964 4 143 241 6 18 89 3 15 - 50 399
Chinese 3 175 1 178 62 9 4 1 1 546 33 - 113 229
English 2 752 1 548 149 10 9 - 11 454 3 236 332
Somali 2 672 38 2 4 1 - - 6 1 406 24 1 191
Other or
unknown		 32 909 8 471 775 312 92 13 75 381 22 18 007 4 761
Family
without
a mother		 31 342 28 332 1 703 182 161 4 30 107 71 752 -

Source: Population and Justice Statistics, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Marjut Pietiläinen 029 551 2798, Timo Nikander 029 551 3250, info@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 27.11.2015

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2014, Appendix table 4. Families by language of spouses/parents on December 31, 2014 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/perh/2014/02/perh_2014_02_2015-11-27_tau_004_en.html