Table 1 Disability and Caregiver Allowance

Granted by

Kela Finnish social security agency, national scheme [18]

Municipality [19]

Who can receive

When a child’s illness or rehabilitation needs last at least 6 months [18]

When a person needs caregiving at home due to a long lasting illness and a close relative or other is willing to give this care [19]

Compensation level

Basic support 92,13 €/month

Raised support 215 €/month

Highest support 416,91 €/month [18]

The monetary amount received differs within municipalities, the minimum amount nationally in 2019 is 399,91 € per month [26]. The sums change yearly and e.g. in 2012 the maximum amount varied between 728 and 1704 € [27]

Recipients in Finland

34,900 children received this allowance in 2017 [18] out of 948,404 children (under 16 years old) [28]

Therefore 3,7% of all Finnish children received this allowance

40% of these receive basic support,

55% raised support and

5% highest support [18]

6700 parents of under 18 year olds received this allowance in 2014 [20]

In 2014 there were 1,075,492 under 18 year olds in Finland [28], translating into 0,6% of all children receiving this allowance

91% of the people receiving this are women [20]