Appendix table 10. Families by type of family and number of children aged 17 or under living at home on December 31, 2017
| Family type |
Number of children aged 17 or under | |||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 - | |
| Family type total |
566 242 | 241 709 | 220 116 | 75 326 | 18 409 | 10 682 |
| Married couple with children |
330 252 | 115 821 | 139 223 | 52 982 | 13 340 | 8 886 |
| Regis- tered partner- ship |
345 | 171 | 139 | 32 | 2 | 1 |
| Co- habiting couple with children |
111 065 | 54 989 | 42 030 | 11 051 | 2 274 | 721 |
| Mother with children |
106 939 | 58 896 | 34 113 | 10 289 | 2 627 | 1 014 |
| Father with children |
17 641 | 11 832 | 4 611 | 972 | 166 | 60 |
| Relative proportion % |
100,0 | 42,7 | 38,9 | 13,3 | 3,3 | 1,9 |
| Married couple with children % |
100,0 | 35,1 | 42,2 | 16,0 | 4,0 | 2,7 |
| Regis- tered partner- ship % |
100,0 | 49,6 | 40,3 | 9,3 | 0,6 | 0,3 |
| Co- habiting couple with children % |
100,0 | 49,5 | 37,8 | 10,0 | 2,0 | 0,6 |
| Mother with children % |
100,0 | 55,1 | 31,9 | 9,6 | 2,5 | 0,9 |
| Father with children % |
100,0 | 67,1 | 26,1 | 5,5 | 0,9 | 0,3 |
Source: Population and Justice Statistics, Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 5.12.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Annual Review 2017,
Appendix table 10. Families by type of family and number of children aged 17 or under living at home on December 31, 2017
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
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