Age in years | Germany | Finland1 | France | Korea | Sweden1 |
|---|
0–1 | 2.6% | c.1%2 | M | 24.3% | c.1%2 |
1–2 | 13.6% | 27.5% | M | 44.8% | 48.9% |
2–3 | 29.7% | 43.9% | 46.4% | 60.3% | 91.2% |
3–4 | 80.4% | 62.3% | 98.9% | 75.0% | 94.8% |
4–5 | 93.1% | 68.5% | 100.0% | 84.7% | 97.3% |
5–6 | 95.3% | 73.0% | 98.7% | 90.6% | 98.2% |
- Source: Eurostat, 2010.
- Note 1. In both Finland and Sweden, compulsory school begins at 7 years. Almost 100% of Finnish children attend pre-school from at age6.
- 2. Parents in Finland and Sweden enjoy over one year of parental leave, a replacement subsidy of about 70% of salary (ceiling on high salaries) and very family-friendly work environments. The employment rate of mothers in Sweden is 72% with children 0–2 years, and 81 % with children 3–5 years — compared to 29.9% and 44.9% respectively in the Republic of Korea (Suh and Kim, 2010). Fertility rates, though not at replacement level, remain high and stable at 1.67 in Sweden since 2004
