Most children, but not all, live with both their biological parents. New statistics from the Living Conditions Surveys (ULF/SILC) show that among children who do not live together with both their biological parents in the same household, it is most common to live permanently with their mother. Almost half of those children, 47 percent, live that way. There are also children with shared residence, that is, they spend equal time with each parent. This applies to nearly three out of ten children (28 percent). The remaining children live most of the time with their mother, most of the time with their father or all the time with their father.

A comparison between children of varying ages show that shared residence is most common for children aged 6—12. In this age group, 34 percent of children have shared residence, spending equal time with each parent.

The new statistics on children’s residence are now available in tables on Statistic Sweden’s website, see www.scb.se/ulf below the heading Tables and figures/Residence.