Children and their families in 2022
Fewer children experienced their parents separating in 2021 and 2022
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2023-06-20 8.00
In 2022 just over 58 000 children under the age of 18 saw their parents separating. This corresponds to 3.3 percent of children who were living with two parents at the beginning of the year. This is the same level as in 2021, but at a lower level compared to the years 2015–2020.
Both in 2021 and 2022, 3.3 percent of all children who were living with two parents at the beginning of the year saw their parents separate. In the years 2015 to 2020 the proportion has varied between 3.6 and 3.8 percent.
The lower level of separations in 2021 and 2022 can be seen regardless of the child’s age, family type, foreign or Swedish background and the family’s income level.
New statistics on children and their families
The 2022 statistics for Children and their families have now been published in the Statistical Database. These statistics include information on families with children, the child’s type of family and siblings, adopted children, separations, children with Swedish and foreign background, as well as housing.
Children and their Families (scb.se)
Definitions and explanations
Statistics on separations are based on population registration data on children and parents in two consecutive years. For 2022, population registration data on 31 December 2022 was studied regarding children who were registered in the population on 31 December 2021 as living with cohabiting parents (biological, adoptive or stepparents). If the parents were registered as living at different addresses at the end of 2022, the assumption was made that the child experienced a separation of their parents during the year.
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