Fertility norms in Finland

This page gives information of type fertility norms about the country Finland.
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Data is taken from the tables at the end of this PDF. These are based on the 2011 Eurobarometer survey. For full tabulation of relevant data from the paper, see fertility norms in Europe.

Ideal family size (social ideal family size)

The data here is obtained from Table A.2.5 of the paper.

Age group	No children	1 child	2 children	3 or more children	No ideal	Don't know	Mean	Number of cases
15-24 female	0.06	0.1	0.37	0.42	0.05	0	2.51	57
25-39 female	0	0.03	0.52	0.37	0.05	0.03	2.43	106
40-54 female	0	0.04	0.38	0.5	0.05	0.03	2.72	126
55+ female	0.02	0.02	0.38	0.53	0.04	0.01	2.61	274
Total female	0.03	0.13	0.54	0.17	0.12	0.01	2.58	563
15-24 male	0.1	0	0.49	0.38	0	0.03	2.35	33
25-39 male	0.06	0.05	0.53	0.31	0.03	0.02	2.26	70
40-54 male	0.05	0.03	0.5	0.38	0.05	0	2.4	107
55+ male	0.02	0.03	0.51	0.39	0.04	0.01	2.39	235
Total male	0.02	0.11	0.56	0.17	0.12	0.02	2.36	445

Desired fertility (personal ideal family size)

The data here is obtained from Table A.2.6 of the paper.

Age group	No children	1 child	2 children	3 or more children	No ideal	Don't know	Mean	Number of cases
15-24 female	0.08	0.11	0.35	0.39	0.05	0.02	2.45	57
25-39 female	0.04	0.07	0.41	0.46	0.02	0.01	2.47	106
40-54 female	0.06	0.04	0.4	0.47	0.03	0.01	2.64	126
55+ female	0.06	0.05	0.38	0.47	0.02	0.02	2.45	274
Total female	0.06	0.06	0.39	0.45	0.02	0.01	2.5	563
15-24 male	0.1	0	0.5	0.3	0	0.1	2.19	33
25-39 male	0.07	0.14	0.45	0.29	0.02	0.03	2.15	70
40-54 male	0.05	0.06	0.48	0.39	0.02	0.01	2.4	107
55+ male	0.04	0.06	0.53	0.32	0.03	0.01	2.31	235
Total male	0.06	0.07	0.5	0.33	0.02	0.03	2.28	445