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Children and their Families
Upcoming publishing: 2026-06-25
The statistics cover children's families, separations among parents, joint and sole custody, geographic distance between children and parents, children with Swedish/foreign background and adoption. It also contains data on children's living conditions, parents' employment and economic conditions.
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Child poverty at its lowest level in a decade, yet regional disparities remain
2026-03-24
Following a period of decline, child poverty has now reached its lowest level since 2014. Behind this positive trend, however, lie substantial geographical disparities that shape children’s living conditions across the country.
All statistical news for this statisticTables in the Statistical Database
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Siblings
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Young persons who have moved from home
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Adopted children
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Separations between parents
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Geographic distance between children and parents
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Legal guardians
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Swedish and foreign background
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Housing
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Families with children finances
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Parents occupation
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Children whose parents have died
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Older tables, not updated
Publications
| Title | Language | Type | Date |
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| Living conditions for children with disabilities | Swedish | Report | 2024-11-27 |
| Residence and support of children with parents living apart | Swedish | Report | 2023-10-18 |
| Children with low income standard | Swedish | Report | 2022-12-20 |
| Living conditions for children with foreign background | Swedish | Report | 2020-05-07 |
| Measuring parental separations. Quality of register based statistics | Swedish | Report | 2018-12-11 |
| Development of Statistics Sweden’s statistics on children and their families | Swedish | Report | 2017-03-21 |
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