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1 List of diagrams and tables. Children in day care on 3 Dec Child welfare Benefits for families with children Social assistance Recipients of pensions in Helsinki on 3 Dec Social services in Helsinki, adjacent cities and the whole country statistical yearbook of helsinki

2 . Children in day care on 3 Dec Day care in municipal day-care centres Municipal day-care centres Children in day care, total ,435 9,0,5 9,289 20,243 2,084 Children aged under 3 3,5 2,994 2,977 3,820 4,08 4,037 Children aged 3 3,535 5,37 3,07 5,43,8,993 Children aged as % of total population of same age % of 0 2 year-olds % of 3 year-olds % of 7 year-olds Total days of attendance 3,059,370 3,3,07 2,97,3 3,344,43 3,257,9 3,352,734 Day care in municipal family day care Childminers in family day care Children in day care. total ,44 2,207,775,45,337,304 Children aged under Children aged 3,40, Children aged as % of total population of same age % of 0 2 year-olds % of 3 year-olds % of 7 year-olds Private day-care with contract of purchase Private day-care centres with contract of purchase Children from Helsinki in care,3,348,7, as % of children aged Private day-care Private day-care centres Places in private day-care centres 2,59 3,20 2,78 2,92 2,958 3,09 Supervised private family day care Childminers in private family day care Children in private family day care % of year-olds Including private day-care centres with contract of purchase. Source: City of Helsinki Department of Early Education and Care. 44 statistical yearbook of helsinki 203

3 .2 Child welfare Child welfare clients during the year 5,577 7,278 7,734 0,022 0,54 0,773 of whom Receiving community care 4,578,27,99 9,35 9,753 9,0 Placements,97 2,32 2,43 2,474 2,389 2,280 Placed with an emergency care order and taken into care,29,03,909,923,98,930 of whom placed with an emergency care order In residential care..,337,478,5,40,250 In foster care..,04 999,0,0,7 In professional family homes Children aged 0 7 in child welfare services, as % of total population of same age Receiving community care Placed Placed with an emergency care order and taken into care Young people aged 8 20 in child welfare services, as % of total population of same age Receiving community care Placed Placed with an emergency care order and taken into care Municipal s child welfare institutions Places Children s home Youth homes Care days 30,254 40,3 5,757 4,37 43,98 3,94 Source: Department of Social Services and Health Care..3 Benefits for families with children Child benefits Families recieving child benefits 54,700 54,397 52,950 5,955 57,34 57,994 Number of children in family: 28,53 27,409 2,83 29,250 29,493 29, ,748 9,882 9,85 20,42 20,52 20, ,27 5,35 5,39 5,574 5,44 5, ,00,04,094,084, Children conferring entitlement to child benefit 89,325 9,55 88,32 94,7 94,809 95,940 Child benefits paid,000 8,49 8,2 23,40 24,828 25,97 32,52 Recipients (families) of maternity grants 5,879 5,8 5,879,72,48,479 Total value of maternity grants,,000 euro 2,028,009,028,74,33,3 of which value of maternity pack Including children in institutions. 2 Nominal value. Source: Kela The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Kelasto reports. statistical yearbook of helsinki

4 .4 Social assistance Households having received social assistance 55,00 39,257 3,792 4,947 4,57 42,480 By type of family Single 39,50 28,02 27,303 32,544 32,45 32,987 Men 22,75,533,23 9,92 9,9 20,085 Women,745,479 0,80 2,582 2,70 2,902 Single parents 5,80 4,2 4,00 4,544 4,24 4,857 Men with children, Women with children 4,584 3,858 3,457 4,9 4,28 4,5 Married and unmarried couples 9,90,583 5,488 4,859 4,49 4,3 Without children 4,90 3,49 3,03 2,20,83,885 With children to support 4,730 2,934 2,452 2,739 2,0 2,75 Persons having received social assistance 82,07 59,23 54,090 0,492 59,953,588 Percentage of the entire population Source: Department of Social Services and Health Care..5 Recipients of pensions in Helsinki on 3 Dec Recipients of pensions in their own right 08,3,22 20,447 22,270 23,44 of which: Recipients on statutory earnings-related pension 99,842 05,303 4,034 5,827 7,0 Recipients of national pension 88,45 52,73 38,48 37,533 3,999 Old-age pension 80,20 82,7 95,30 98,574 0,83 Disability pension 22,375 2,897 2,355 20,79 20,033 Unemployment pension 3,977 3,34,907,57 45 Part-time pension 3,23 4,039 2,940 2,80 2,359 Percentage of residents having received pensions in their own right All recipients, aged or older Aged 55 4, including part-time pensions Aged 55 4, without part-time pensions Recipients of old-age pensions, % of aged or older Recipients of disability pensions, % of aged Average pension in one s own right 3.2. euros/month,225,454,704,7,85 Other national old age, disability and unemployment pension benefits Child increase Front-veteran s supplement 4,834 4,7 3,54 Recipients of survivors pensions Surviving spouses 22,225 2,720 20,3 20,397 20,0 Children 2,22 2,409 2,8 2,08 2,35 With effect from January 200, the cut national pensions and spouses supplement were discontinued. Source: Finnish Centre for Pensions and The Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Statistical Yearbook of Pensioners in Finland. 4 statistical yearbook of helsinki 203

5 . Social services in Helsinki, adjacent cities and the whole country 202 Helsinki Espoo Vantaa Finland Services for children and families Children aged in municipally funded day care, as % of total population of same age Private care allowance. number of children covered, as % of children aged Home care allowance. number of children covered, as % of children aged Child welfare Children, aged 0-7 as % of total population of same age: In community care as part of a child welfare intervention Plased outside the home Social assistance Social assistance, recipient persons during year, as % of total population Social assistance, euro per capita Care and services for older people People aged over 75, as % of total population of same age: In ordinary sheltered housing and service housing with 24-hour assistance for older people, clients In care in residential homes or long-term institutional care in health centres, clients Living at home Clients of support for informal care, clients during year Clients of regular home care, clients Data from 20. Source: SOTKAnet Statistics and Indicator Bank and The Social Insurance Institution of Finland. statistical yearbook of helsinki

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