Child Maintenance and Custody

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
Statistics
The statistics are based on summary data that National Institute for Health and Welfare receives from municipalities on child maintenance and custody. The compilation of the statistics began in 1970. Since 1985 the statistics have also contained data on the investigation and establishment of paternity, child paternity, child custody and access rights

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Documentation

Description of the production, used methods and quality of the statistics.

Go to documentation of the statistics

Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Child Maintenance and Custody [online publication].
Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 15.1.2025].
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