Statistics Sweden produces, yearly since 1998, comprehensive statistics about children’s living conditions. The statistics is about children’s families, about children with foreign background, about parents’ employment, about separation between parents, about economical conditions, brief statistics about child care and in 2001 an overview of children’s health was presented. The statistics published this year are available in the Statistical Databases.
Special publications with in-depth information within different fields are published on an irregular basis. The latest report "Children, segregated housing and school results" was published in February 2007. In 2004 "Time children spend with their parents" was published, where the Time use surveys from 1990/91 and 2000/01 was used. "Children's share of the cake – prosperity and poverty among children" describes the economical situation of children and their families. "Children's living conditions", "Children's health" and "Children's leisure time", has been published in the series Living conditions. The reports are largely based on the Living Conditions Survey where 10-18-year olds are interviewed. All reports are available on Statistics Sweden's website.
In cooperation with the Children's Ombudsman, "Up to the age of 18" is published every third year, last time in November 2007. It is a publication with brief descriptions about children’s families, child care, school, health and lifestyles, diseases and injuries and children in trouble.
"Up to the age of 18" can be found on the Children's Ombudsman webpage.
Children and their families 2008
The economic situation for families with children improved between the years 2006 and 2007. The income standard has increased and a lesser percentage of children live among families with low incomes. However the families that are better off are those with higher incomes.
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