Families

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Number of all-Russian speaking families has exceeded that of bilingual Finnish-Russian families 30 Nov 2011 According to Statistics Finland's statistics on families, at the end of 2010 there were 11,200 such Russian-speaking families in Finland in which the native language of the only parent or both parents was Russian. The commonest combination among the Russian-speaking families was one of two Russian speakers, of which there were 7,700. As recently as in the previous year, the commonest combination was still a family formed by a Finnish-speaking man and Russian-speaking woman. Next release: 25 May 2012
Description:	Families are formed at the turn of the year from persons living in the same dwelling according to the population information system of the Population Register Centre. The statistics comprise families and families with children, and their demographic data. Families are classified into families without children, married or cohabiting couples living with children, and single-parent families. Cohabiting couples are deduced from living together. The statistics contain data on the age, language, nationality and country of birth of spouses/parents, and on the age and gender of each child living at home. Families with children are those that include children under the age of 18. Read full description >>>

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Statistics Finland

Data:

Latest release:
Number of all-Russian speaking families has exceeded that of bilingual Finnish-Russian families
30 Nov 2011
According to Statistics Finland's statistics on families, at the end of 2010 there were 11,200 such Russian-speaking families in Finland in which the native language of the only parent or both parents was Russian. The commonest combination among the Russian-speaking families was one of two Russian speakers, of which there were 7,700. As recently as in the previous year, the commonest combination was still a family formed by a Finnish-speaking man and Russian-speaking woman.

Next release:
25 May 2012

Description:

Families are formed at the turn of the year from persons living in the same dwelling according to the population information system of the Population Register Centre. The statistics comprise families and families with children, and their demographic data. Families are classified into families without children, married or cohabiting couples living with children, and single-parent families. Cohabiting couples are deduced from living together. The statistics contain data on the age, language, nationality and country of birth of spouses/parents, and on the age and gender of each child living at home. Families with children are those that include children under the age of 18.
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Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Families [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3231. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/perh/index_en.html.

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