Table 1 Descriptive statistics showing socio-demographic characteristics by country or region of birth
Socio-demographic characteristic | Country or Region of Birth | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finland (n = 1,032,692; 97.5%) | Estonia (n = 2433; 0.2%) | Sweden (n = 1451; 0.1%) | Russia/USSR (n = 9003; 0.9%) | North Africa/ Middle East (n = 3602; 0.3%) | Western Europe (n = 2604; 0.3%) | East Asia (n = 1981; 0.2%) | Former Yugoslavia (n = 1466; 0.1%) | Sub-Saharan Africa (n = 1028; 0.1%) | Eastern EU (n = 1084; 0.1%) | South/Central America (n = 890; 0.1%) | South Asia (n = 705; 0.1%) | Other Western (n = 487; 0.1%) | |
Sex (n%) | |||||||||||||
Male | 518,519 (50.2) | 1000 (41.1) | 773 (53.3) | 3074 (34.1) | 2448 (68) | 1927 (74) | 849 (42.9) | 817 (55.7) | 682 (66.3) | 513 (47.3) | 464 (52.1) | 489 (69.4) | 320 (65.7) |
Female | 514,173 (49.8) | 1433 (58.9) | 678 (46.7) | 5929 (65.9) | 1154 (32) | 677 (26) | 1132 (57.1) | 649 (44.3) | 346 (32.0) | 571 (52.7) | 426 (47.9) | 216 (30.6) | 167 (34.3) |
Age n(%) | |||||||||||||
18–24 | 143,999 (13.9) | 490 (20.1) | 234 (16.1) | 1411 (15.7) | 610 (16.9) | 166 (6.4) | 305 (15.4) | 270 (18.4) | 151 (14.7) | 101 (9.3) | 268 (30.1) | 68 (9.7) | 52 (10.7) |
25–39 | 306,786 (29.7) | 1064 (43.7) | 627 (43.2) | 3331 (37) | 1826 (50.7) | 1199 (46) | 960 (48.5) | 737 (50.3) | 584 (56.8) | 506 (46.7) | 437 (49.1) | 448 (63.6) | 235 (48.3) |
40–54 | 364,319 (35.3) | 744 (30.6) | 431 (29.7) | 3526 (39.2) | 1023 (28.4) | 893 (34.3) | 617 (31.2) | 391 (26.7) | 269 (26.2) | 339 (31.3) | 155 (17.4) | 159 (22.6) | 161 (33.0) |
55–64 | 217,588 (21.1) | 135 (5.6) | 159 (11) | 735 (8.2) | 143 (4.0) | 346 (13.3) | 99 (5.0) | 68 (4.6) | 24 (2.3) | 138 (12.7) | 30 (3.4) | 30 (4.3) | 39 (8.0) |
Marital status n(%) | |||||||||||||
Married | 490,522 (47.5) | 1217 (50) | 597 (41.1) | 5573 (61.9) | 2339 (63.9) | 1415 (54.3) | 1164 (58.8) | 1029 (70.2) | 564 (54.9) | 675 (62.3) | 455 (51.1) | 493 (69.9) | 311 (63.9) |
Not married | 542,170 (52.5) | 1216 (50) | 854 (58.9) | 3430 (38.1) | 1263 (35.1) | 1189 (45.7) | 817 (41.2) | 437 (29.8) | 464 (45.1) | 409 (37.7) | 435 (48.9) | 212 (30.1) | 176 (36.1) |
Occupational class n(%) | |||||||||||||
Self-employeda | 76,537 (7.4) | 91 (3.7) | 128 (8.8) | 334 (3.7) | 350 (9.7) | 221 (8.49) | 148 (7.5) | 64 (4.4) | 35 (3.4) | 45 (4.2) | – | 82 (11.6) | 34 (7.0) |
Higher non-manual | 144,954 (14.0) | 136 (5.6) | 277 (19.1) | 877 (9.7) | 186 (5.2) | 793 (30.5) | 210 (10.6) | 58 (4.0) | 73 (7.1) | 307 (28.3) | 27 (3.0) | 92 (13.1) | 175 (35.9) |
Lower non-manual | 259,288 (25.1) | 370 (15.2) | 340 (23.4) | 1273 (14.1) | 217 (6.0) | 413 (15.9) | 219 (11.1) | 116 (7.9) | 98 (9.5) | 159 (14.7) | 58 (6.5) | 84 (11.9) | 79 (16.2) |
Manual | 244,588 (23.7) | 1015 (41.7) | 347 (23.9) | 2180 (24.2) | 651 (18.1) | 432 (16.6) | 568 (28.7) | 405 (27.6) | 304 (26.6) | 231 (21.3) | 129 (14.5) | 212 (30.1) | 56 (11.5) |
Students | 74,326 (7.2) | 267 (11) | 122 (8.4) | 1380 (15.3) | 560 (15.6) | 183 (7) | 285 (14.4) | 175 (11.9) | 193 (18.8) | 103 (9.5) | 147 (16.5) | 53 (7.5) | 49 (10.1) |
Retired, unemployed, other, unknown | 232,999 (22.6) | 554 (22.8) | 237 (16.3) | 2959 (32.9) | 1638 (45.5) | 562 (21.6) | 551 (27.8) | 648 (44.2) | 325 (31.6) | 239 (22.1) | 529 (59.4) | 182 (25.8) | 94 (19.3) |
Income per annum n(%) | |||||||||||||
≤ €12,000 | 208,591 (20.2) | 743 (30.5) | 287 (19.8) | 3800 (42.2) | 2249 (62.4) | 664 (25.5) | 847 (42.8) | 724 (49.4) | 455 (44.3) | 302 (27.9) | 605 (68.0) | 288 (40.9) | 141 (29.0) |
€12,001–€23,000 | 261,994 (25.4) | 713 (29.3) | 330 (22.7) | 2380 (26.4) | 650 (18.1) | 524 (20.1) | 524 (26.5) | 366 (25) | 285 (27.7) | 250 (26.1) | 163 (18.3) | 166 (23.6) | 82 (16.8) |
> €23,000 | 562,107 (54.4) | 977 (40.2) | 834 (57.5) | 2823 (31.4) | 703 (19.5) | 1416 (54.4) | 610 (30.8) | 376 (25.6) | 288 (29.0) | 532 (49.1) | 122 (13.7) | 251 (35.6) | 264 (54.2) |