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Acknowledgment of paternity by age and sex of the child and by canton of the mother, 1987-2025

The latest figure is 23 127 for 2025, up 456% since 1987 (4 160).

OBS_VALUE / YEAR05k10k15k20k25k19871993199920052011201720251987: 4 1601988: 4 5711989: 4 6631990: 4 8991991: 5 2421992: 5 3281993: 5 2851994: 5 2901995: 5 5291996: 5 9941997: 6 3401998: 6 8421999: 7 7182000: 7 9302001: 8 2562002: 8 6412003: 9 2792004: 9 8522005: 10 1222006: 11 4132007: 12 3062008: 13 3142009: 14 0412010: 15 0182011: 15 6652012: 16 2342013: 17 4402014: 17 9732015: 19 4882016: 20 3902017: 21 4192018: 21 9122019: 22 2562020: 22 3642021: 24 6602022: 23 9482023: 23 8762024: 22 8882025: 23 127
Chart uses the complete source file. Slice shown: CANTON: Switzerland; AGE: Total; SEX: Total.

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Who publishes these data?

Federal Statistical Office

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Which years are indicated in the catalogue or data profile?

Period: 1987–2025. This describes stored catalogue and profile information; it does not guarantee uninterrupted annual observations.

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Which file formats are available?

CSV, HTML, ODS

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By category, 2025

OBS_VALUEZürichZürichZürich: 4 1494 149VaudVaudVaud: 3 1363 136BernBernBern: 2 4562 456GenèveGenèveGenève: 1 8811 881AargauAargauAargau: 1 4441 444FreiburgFreiburgFreiburg: 1 2751 275LuzernLuzernLuzern: 1 0581 058ValaisValaisValais: 1 0251 025St. GallenSt. GallenSt. Gallen: 975975TicinoTicinoTicino: 899899Basel-StadtBasel-StadtBasel-Stadt: 633633NeuchâtelNeuchâtelNeuchâtel: 633633SolothurnSolothurnSolothurn: 585585ThurgauThurgauThurgau: 573573Basel-LandschaftBasel-LandschaftBasel-Landschaft: 544544
The numbers
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YEAROBS_VALUE
202523 127
202422 888
202323 876
202223 948
202124 660
202022 364
201922 256
201821 912
201721 419
201620 390
201519 488
201417 973
201317 440
201216 234
201115 665
201015 018
200914 041
200813 314
200712 306
200611 413
200510 122
20049 852
20039 279
20028 641
20018 256
20007 930
19997 718
19986 842
19976 340
19965 994
19955 529
19945 290
19935 285
19925 328
19915 242
19904 899
19894 663
19884 571
19874 160

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What the publisher says

This dataset presents the annual figures for the number of acknowledgment of paternity by canton on the mother and age and sex of the child, since 1987. Descriptions of the variables in the CSV file are available in the Appendix.

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First 50 rows of the source file
YEARCANTONAGESEXOBS_VALUE
1987CH_TT4160
1987CH_T_U0
1987CH_TF2010
1987CH_TM2150
1987CHY_GE5T107
1987CHY_GE5_U0
1987CHY_GE5F46
1987CHY_GE5M61
1987CHY0T2164
1987CHY0_U0
1987CHY0F1070
1987CHY0M1094
1987CHY1T4T1079
1987CHY1T4_U0
1987CHY1T4F501
1987CHY1T4M578
1987CHYB0T810
1987CHYB0_U0
1987CHYB0F393
1987CHYB0M417
19871_TT717
19871_T_U0
19871_TF347
19871_TM370
19871Y_GE5T9
19871Y_GE5_U0
19871Y_GE5F3
19871Y_GE5M6
19871Y0T339
19871Y0_U0
19871Y0F165
19871Y0M174
19871Y1T4T198
19871Y1T4_U0
19871Y1T4F98
19871Y1T4M100
19871YB0T171
19871YB0_U0
19871YB0F81
19871YB0M90
19872_TT461
19872_T_U0
19872_TF215
19872_TM246
19872Y_GE5T7
19872Y_GE5_U0
19872Y_GE5F2
19872Y_GE5M5
19872Y0T228
19872Y0_U0

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