Children and their Families

Official statistics of Sweden

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.

Statistical news

Differences in employment status between mothers and fathers

2025-06-27

In 2023, 85 percent of children aged 0–17 lived with an employed mother, and 93 percent lived with an employed father, regardless of whether the parents cohabited. This represents an increase of 3 and 2 percentage points, respectively, compared to 2021.

All statistical news for this statistic

Tables in the Statistical Database

Publications

Title Language Type Date
Living conditions for children with disabilities Swedish Report 2024-11-27
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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