Number of minors living with foster families in Spain in 2017, broken down by gender and autonomous community. According to the source, the total number of children living under these conditions was stood at over 19 thousand cases. Catalonia ranked first on both lists, with almost 1.7 thousand girls and 1.6 thousand boys living with their foster families.
The source defines family care as the situation where the minor is allocated to a person or nuclear family to being taken care of. The family and the State Administration share the protection functions for the child.
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Observatorio de la Infancia. (December 31, 2018). Number of minors living with foster families in Spain in 2017, by gender and autonomous community [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030264/minors-in-foster-families-by-gender-and-region-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia. "Number of minors living with foster families in Spain in 2017, by gender and autonomous community." Chart. December 31, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030264/minors-in-foster-families-by-gender-and-region-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia. (2018). Number of minors living with foster families in Spain in 2017, by gender and autonomous community. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030264/minors-in-foster-families-by-gender-and-region-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia. "Number of Minors Living with Foster Families in Spain in 2017, by Gender and Autonomous Community." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030264/minors-in-foster-families-by-gender-and-region-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia, Number of minors living with foster families in Spain in 2017, by gender and autonomous community Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030264/minors-in-foster-families-by-gender-and-region-spain/ (last visited June 07, 2025)
Number of minors living with foster families in Spain in 2017, by gender and autonomous community [Graph], Observatorio de la Infancia, December 31, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030264/minors-in-foster-families-by-gender-and-region-spain/
