# Demography sheet
Describes the demography sheet of InputsEconomy.

## Initial population by age and gender

**Description:** -

**Unit:** Number of people 

**Source code:** -

**Source data link(s) and access dates:**
  - https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/11re.px/ Date accessed: 2026-01-18 File: Population by age and sex 1972-2024 001_11re_2024_20260118-191522.xlsx

**Note:**
- Age groups used in the model: 0-14, 15-65, 65-84, 85- v. 
- Also see: https://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_vaesto.html#V%C3%A4est%C3%B6nmuutokset%201950-2022  
- Eurostat data  https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_pjangroup__custom_13219747/default/table?lang=en  
- Date accessed: 2024-10-09  
- File: ‘Population by age group and sex 1960-2023 demo_pjangroup__custom_13219747_spreadsheet’

## Initial skill shares by by gender and age 
- **Description:** Share of skill levels by gender and age group. 
- **Unit:** Shares  
- **Source code link:** -
- **Source data link(s) and access date:**  
- **Calculated in:** https://github.com/sisu-fingreen/fingreen-data/blob/main/R/inputs-economy-demography-skills.R 
- **Uses data from:** https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vkour/12bq.px/ 
- **Date accessed:** 1.2.2026 
- **File:** ‘’ 
- **Note:**  
- Had to use statfin data since the Eurostat data did not have a credible share of low-skilled people 
- **Skills based on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011), with levels:**   
- [ED0-2] Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2) 
- [ED3_4] Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4) 
- [ED5-8] Tertiary education (levels 5-8) 
- https://stat.fi/fi/luokitukset/koulutus/koulutus_1_20160101  
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfs_9901__custom_19823705/default/table  

## trend in entry skill 
- **Description:** distribution of individuals entering the workforce across different skill levels 
- **Unit:** Calibrated rate of change 
- **Source code link:** -
- **Source data link(s) and access date:** - 
- **Date accessed:** - 
- **Note:**  
- **'S1 trend entry skill gs' data:** According to David, these values are currently calibrated in the Italian model, but earlier they were computed as the average growth rates using data from Eurostat. 
- **Source for earlier values used**  https://gpseducation.oecd.org/CountryProfile?plotter=h5&primaryCountry=FIN&treshold=5&topic=EO) 
- **Date accessed:** 12.10.2024 
## fertility rate 
- **Description:** fertility rate, total 
- **Unit:** births per woman 
- **Source code link:** -
- **Source data link(s) and access date:** https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__synt/12dt.px/table/tableViewLayout1/ 
- **Date accessed:** 7.3.2024 
- **Note:**  
- There has been a noticeable decline in fertility rates since 2010, which we need to account for.  
- Create a lookup function to capture historical shift in fertility rates exogenously and set an exogenous target fertility rate for the future, using present (2024) rate as the default option.  
 
## reproductive life 
- **Description:** average reproductive age of the population 
- **Unit:** years 
- **Source code link:** -
- **Source data link(s) and access date:** [14lg -- Average age of becoming biological mothers and fathers, 1990-2024](https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__synt/14lg.px/)
- File ‘Reproductive age of women 1990-2024 001_14lg_2024_20260419-102839’ 
- **Date accessed:** 2026-04-19 
- **Note:**  
- Increasing trend might need to be accounted for  

## Mortality rate 
- **Description:** death by gender and total 
- **Unit:** number of deaths per year 
- **Source code link:** -
- **Source data link(s) and access date:** https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__kuol/12af.px/table/tableViewLayout1/ 
- **Date accessed:** 7.3.2024 
- **Note:** - 

## Number of households per region 
- **Description:** - 
- **Unit:** - 
- **Source code link:** -
- **Source data link(s) and access date:** https://statfin.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__tjt/118w.px/  
- **File:** ‘Household demographics by region 1995-2023 001_118w_2023_20250312-160344’ 
- **Date accessed:** 2025-03-12 
- **Note:** Only used to define the initial average values for the variable ‘num hhs rq init’, which are replaced with the initial model runs values. 


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