Adoptions
Statistics related to topics:Population and Society
The statistics on adoptions contain data about children adopted from Finland or abroad by a person or persons permanently resident in Finland. There may be either one or two adoptive parents. A new spouse of a childs biological parent may also adopt his or her stepchild(ren). Data on adoptions are produced by the age, gender and country of birth of adopted children.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Adoptions [online publication].
ISSN=1797-738X. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 29.1.2025].
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