Child Welfare 2010Salla Säkkinen and Tuula Kuoppala

20/04/23 Child Welfare 2010 1

Children and young people placed outside the home and, out of that total, the children taken into care and the children in emergency placement, 1991–2010*

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0

2 000

4 000

6 000

8 000

10 000

12 000

14 000

16 000

18 000

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Children placed outside the home

children taken into care, out of total no. placed outside the home

children in emergency placement, out of total no. placed outside the home

* The same child may be included both under the cases with an emergency placement order and under children in care.

Children and young people placed outside the home according to the latest reason for the placement, in 1995, 2000–2010

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1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Ages 0-20 by form of placementFoster care 5 132 5 590 5 732 5 733 5 576 5 436 5 424 5 508 5 507 5 569 5 554 5 675Professional family home 813 1 541 1 798 1 998 2 182 2 311 2 460 2 583 2 806 3 094 2 963 2 927Residential care 3 077 3 436 3 550 3 932 4 083 4 511 4 852 5 067 5 355 5 761 6 001 6 492Other care 1 717 2 107 2 271 2 335 2 368 2 433 2 518 2 558 2 515 2 462 2 312 1 970Total 10 739 12 674 13 351 13 998 14 209 14 691 15 254 15 716 16 183 16 886 16 830 17 064Ages 0-20 by reason for placement

Community-based child welfare intervention 2 625 3 355 3 627 3 607 3 433 3 530 3 529 3 598 3 460 3 545 3 292 3 500Emergency placement 232 362 345 434 443 483 643 613 814 1 163 1 544 1 874Taken into care 6 160 6 975 7 182 7 566 7 979 8 319 8 674 9 036 9 511 9 634 9 548 9 576

out of which involuntarily 941 1 230 1 259 1 351 1 475 1 496 1 684 1 751 1 965 1 953 1 965 2 048After-care 1 722 1 982 2 197 2 391 2 354 2 359 2 408 2 469 2 398 2 544 2 446 2 114Total 10 739 12 674 13 351 13 998 14 209 14 691 15 254 15 716 16 183 16 886 16 830 17 064Children aged 0-17 placed outside the home 8 988 10 466 10 921 11 315 11 438 11 924 12 542 12 896 13 388 13 910 13 856 14 199

0,8 0,9 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,2 1,2 1,3 1,3 1,3

Children aged 0-17 placed outside the home as a percentage of the population of the same age

Children with an emergency care order and children in care in 1991–2010 *

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0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000 7 000 8 000 9 000 10 000 11 000

19911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

Emergency placement

Taken into care

* The same child may be included both under the cases with an emergency placement order and under children in care.

Children in care as a percentage of the population of the same age in 1991–2010, %

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0,0

0,5

1,0

1,5

2,0

2,5

3,0

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

%

16-17 yrs

13-15 yrs

7-12 yrs

3-6 yrs

0-2 yrs

Children placed in care, according to form of placement and by region, on 31 Dec 2010, % (n=8327)

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0 %

10 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

60 %

70 %

80 %

90 %

100 %

Other care

Residential care

Professional family home

Foster care

Children placed in care, according to form of placement and by region, on 31 Dec 2010, %

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Region Foster care %Professional family home %

Residential care % Other care %

Region, total

Uusimaa 1 041 42 468 19 868 35 88 4 2 465

Itä-Uusimaa 41 36 44 39 26 23 2 2 113

Varsinais-Suomi 267 38 111 16 294 42 27 4 699

Satakunta 214 61 40 11 90 25 9 3 353

Kanta-Häme 168 55 57 19 63 21 15 5 303

Pirkanmaa 416 56 74 10 240 32 13 2 743

Päijät-Häme 169 41 113 27 127 30 8 2 417

Kymenlaakso 155 56 73 26 44 16 5 2 277

South Karelia 93 42 64 29 50 23 12 5 219

Etelä-Savo 119 57 54 26 30 14 7 3 210

Pohjois-Savo 285 57 119 24 75 15 17 3 496

North Karelia 178 58 81 27 37 12 9 3 305

Central Finland 281 63 100 22 61 14 6 1 448

South Ostrobothnia 83 41 31 15 77 38 10 5 201

Ostrobothnia 72 55 11 8 44 33 5 4 132

Central Ostrobothnia 43 52 28 34 10 12 2 2 83

North Ostrobothnia 283 63 131 29 31 7 5 1 450

Kainuu 60 50 38 31 21 17 2 2 121

Lapland 146 54 79 29 41 15 4 1 270

Åland 19 86 0 0 1 5 2 9 22

Whole country 4 133 50 1 716 21 2 230 27 248 3 8 327

Number of children taken into care and children in emergency placement for the first time by age group, 2010*

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0–2 yrs 3–6 yrs 7–12 yrs 13–15 yrs 16–17 yrs TotalEmergency placement 326 289 452 780 579 2 426Taking into care 46 59 88 81 64 338Taking into care involuntarily 8 11 15 18 14 66Total 380 359 555 879 657 2 830

* Taking into care or emergency placement may have been preceded by a community-based child welfare intervention.

Children in emergency placement for the first time according to gender and age group, 2010*

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0

100

200

300

400

500

600

0-2 yrs 3–6 yrs 7–12 yrs 13-15 yrs 16-17 yrs

Boys

Girls

* Taking into care may have been preceded by a placement in a community child welfare intervention.

Children taken into care and children in emergency placement for the first time, 1991–2010*

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0

200

400

600

800

1 000

1 200

1 400

1 600

1 800

2 000

2 200

2 400

2 600

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Emergency placement

Taking into care

* Taking into care or emergency placement may have been preceded by a community-based child welfare intervention.The data on children taken into care or in emergency placement for the first time is most reliable for children born in 1991 or later. This is because the national Register of Child Welfare has been maintained from 1991 onwards.

Children and young people placed outside the home by sex, 1991–2010

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0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

7 000

8 000

9 000

10 000

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Boys

Girls

Children and young people placed outside the home by form of placement, 1991–2010, %

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0 %

10 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

60 %

70 %

80 %

90 %

100 %

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Other care

Residential care

Professional family home

Foster care

Clients in community-based child welfare interventions and children and young people placed outside the home in 1996–2010*

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*In addition to register data on children and young people placed outside the home, including personal identity codes, statistics are also kept of clients in community-based child welfare interventions. Some of the children and young people recorded as clients in community-based child welfare interventions are also included in those placed outside the home.

Children and young people in community-based child welfare interventions, 1996–2010

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0

10 000

20 000

30 000

40 000

50 000

60 000

70 000

80 000

1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Clients

of whom new clients

Children and young people aged 0–17 in community-based child welfare interventions as a percentage of the total population of the same age

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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

%

Children and young people in community-based child welfare interventions by age group as a percentage of the total population of the same age in 2010, %

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

0-2 yrs

3-6 yrs

7-12 yrs

13-15 yrs

16-17 yrs

18-20 yrs

%

Children and young people in community-based child welfare interventions, 1996–2010

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Children under 18 Young people aged 18–20 Children and young people, total

clients

of whom

newnew,

%

of whom in after-care

clients clientsof whom

new

of whom in after-care

clients clients

of whom

new new, %

of whom in after-care

clients

19961) 30 565 8 676 28 298 2 704 442 1 029 33 269 9 118 27 1 327

19971) 32 681 8 694 27 300 3 128 549 1 098 35 809 9 243 26 1 398

19981) 36 255 8 642 24 920 3 411 544 1 637 39 666 9 186 23 2 557

19991) 39 883 11 245 28 453 3 796 542 1 721 43 679 11 787 27 2 174

2000 45 661 12 904 28 423 3 690 714 2 078 49 351 13 618 28 2 501

2001 45 263 12 276 27 388 4 347 709 2 131 49 610 12 985 26 2 519

2002 49 464 13 954 28 404 4 862 670 2 316 54 326 14 624 27 2 720

2003 51 785 14 637 28 529 4 594 648 2 360 56 379 15 285 27 2 889

2004 55 063 15 773 29 505 4 849 582 2 692 59 912 16 355 27 3 197

20052) 54 553 16 537 30 454 4 548 633 2 746 59 101 17 170 29 3 200

2006 54 594 16 941 31 381 4 464 459 2 728 59 058 17 400 29 3 109

2007 57 622 18 817 33 506 4 863 530 3 339 62 485 19 347 31 3 845

20083) 59 055 24 062 41 747 8 292 - 3 529 67 347 24 062 36 4 276

2009 62 846 28 052 45 757 7 856 - 4 125 70 702 28 052 40 4 882

2010 70 212 31 445 45 847 8 376 - 4 221 78 588 31 445 40 5 068

1) The figures for Espoo are not included in the number of clients in community-based child welfare interventions.

2) Some of the bigger cities introduced a new client data system in 2005. The definitions of clients in community-based child welfare interventions were specified at the introductory phase of the new system.

3) As of 2008, data on new child welfare clients are collected for under-18s but no longer for clients aged 18 and over.

Number of child welfare notifications and children, by age group and region, in 2010

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Area/Region0–2 yrs, %

3–6 yrs, %

7–12 yrs, %

13–15 yrs, %

16–17 yrs, %

0–17 yrs, %

Whole country 57 766 3,3 3,8 4,5 7,8 9,6 5,3 88 347 1,5Uusimaa 17 674 3,7 4,2 5,3 9,0 10,6 6,0 28 660 1,6Itä-Uusimaa 1 056 3,0 3,1 4,2 8,8 7,4 5,0 1 633 1,5Varsinais-Suomi 5 596 3,7 4,5 5,0 8,1 13,2 6,2 9 558 1,7Satakunta 2 323 3,4 4,4 4,6 7,5 8,7 5,4 3 433 1,5Kanta-Häme 1 931 3,4 3,3 4,4 7,4 12,0 5,4 2 821 1,5Pirkanmaa 4 050 2,7 3,4 3,6 6,1 6,8 4,2 5 739 1,4Päijät-Häme 2 202 4,4 3,9 4,9 8,1 8,7 5,7 3 310 1,5Kymenlaakso 1 614 2,9 3,4 4,2 6,6 8,2 4,8 2 323 1,4South Karelia 1 461 4,3 3,8 4,8 8,9 11,6 6,2 2 249 1,5Etelä-Savo 1 269 3,0 3,7 3,7 7,0 7,3 4,7 1 870 1,5Pohjois-Savo 3 019 3,9 4,9 5,4 8,6 11,1 6,4 4 698 1,6North Karelia 1 514 3,0 3,3 3,7 7,4 9,3 4,9 1 990 1,3Central Finland 2 678 2,9 3,4 4,1 6,7 9,4 4,8 4 010 1,5South Ostrobothnia 2 182 3,4 3,8 4,2 7,5 10,6 5,4 3 147 1,4Ostrobothnia 1 227 1,7 1,9 2,7 5,4 6,4 3,3 1 686 1,4Central Ostrobothnia 879 3,4 3,7 5,1 8,5 9,8 5,6 1 389 1,6North Ostrobothnia 4 534 2,8 3,1 3,9 8,0 8,3 4,7 6 331 1,4Kainuu 826 2,4 3,0 3,6 8,8 11,6 5,4 1 133 1,4Lapland 1 506 2,7 3,3 3,0 6,8 7,2 4,3 2 062 1,4Åland 225 2,4 2,6 2,9 5,6 9,0 4,0 305 1,4

No. of childwelfarenotifications

Child welfarenotificationsper childconcerned

Children aged 0–17 subject toa child welfarenotification

Child welfare notifications in different age groups, %

Children subject to a child welfare notification as a percentage of the population aged 0–17, by region in 2010, %

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6,4

6,2

6,2

6,0

5,7

5,6

5,4

5,4

5,4

5,4

5,3

5,0

4,9

4,8

4,8

4,7

4,7

4,3

4,2

4,0

3,3

0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0

Pohjois-Savo

Varsinais-Suomi

South Karelia

Uusimaa

Päijät-Häme

Central Ostrobothnia

Kanta-Häme

Satakunta

Kainuu

South Ostrobothnia

Whole country

Itä-Uusimaa

North Karelia

Central Finland

Kymenlaakso

Etelä-Savo

North Ostrobothnia

Lapland

Pirkanmaa

Åland

Ostrobothnia

Children subject to a child welfare notification as a % of the population aged 0-17

New child welfare clients per 1000 children of the same age (0–17) by region in 2010

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40

37

37

33

32

31

31

30

29

29

29

29

28

27

27

26

24

23

20

18

16

0 10 20 30 40

Pohjois-Savo

Central Finland

Itä-Uusimaa

Kainuu

Varsinais-Suomi

South Karelia

Uusimaa

Kanta-Häme

South Ostrobothnia

Päijät-Häme

Whole Country

Kymenlaakso

Pirkanmaa

North Karelia

Central …

Etelä-Savo

North Ostrobothnia

Åland

Satakunta

Lapland

Ostrobothnia

New clients per 1000 children

Child welfare 2010

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• In 2010, children in care totalled 10 003. The number of children in emergency placement totalled 3432.

• The total number of children in care fell by about 2 per cent on the previous year, but there were 21 per cent more emergency placements.

• During the year, a total of 17 064 children and young people were placed outside the home. This number increased by about one per cent on the previous year.

• Half of the children taken into care are placed in families; relatives and other kin of the child concerned account for about 11 per cent.

• In 2010, there were more than 78 500 children and young people as clients in child welfare and receiving support in community care. This was 11 per cent more than the previous year.

http://www.thl.fi/en/statistics/childwelfare Statistical Report 29/2011