Characteristics of children by family type
| Intact family | Joint physical custody | Mostly one parent | Only one parent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Per cent | n | Per cent | n | Per cent | n | Per cent | |
| Sample size | 101 738 | 69 | 15 633 | 11 | 11 468 | 8 | 19 000 | 13 |
| Girls | 51 003 | 68 | 7610 | 10 | 5916 | 8 | 10 216 | 14 |
| Boys | 50 735 | 69 | 8023 | 11 | 5552 | 8 | 8784 | 12 |
| Resident parent | ||||||||
| Mother | 9455 | 82 | 15 889 | 84 | ||||
| Father | 2013 | 18 | 3111 | 16 | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 12 | 48 348 | 71 | 7655 | 11 | 4984 | 7 | 6855 | 10 |
| 15 | 53 390 | 67 | 7978 | 10 | 6484 | 8 | 12 145 | 15 |
| Location | ||||||||
| Large city | 31 224 | 68 | 5662 | 12 | 3167 | 7 | 6021 | 13 |
| Small town | 49 470 | 69 | 7663 | 11 | 5798 | 8 | 9054 | 13 |
| Rural | 20 938 | 70 | 2696 | 9 | 2495 | 8 | 3941 | 13 |
| Children's national origin | ||||||||
| Swedish | 93 908 | 69 | 15 319 | 11 | 10 982 | 8 | 16 507 | 12 |
| Other | 7830 | 70 | 314 | 3 | 486 | 4 | 2493 | 22 |
| Parents’ national origin | ||||||||
| Both Swedish | 75 384 | 70 | 13 220 | 12 | 8787 | 8 | 10 689 | 10 |
| One Swedish | 9957 | 58 | 1782 | 10 | 1669 | 10 | 3829 | 22 |
| Neither Swedish | 15 684 | 74 | 489 | 2 | 902 | 4 | 4098 | 19 |