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The Future Finland birth cohort will include up to 200,000 children born in Finland between 2025 and 2029, along with their families as well as families who move to Finland later, if they have children born during those years.

The data collected on them will serve the entire scientific community in the future. The material provides a unique foundation for multidisciplinary research.

The results of the research enable a deeper, evidence based understanding of the overall well being of families. This knowledge guides decision making aimed at strengthening societal resilience as well as the long term well being and health of families, both nationally and internationally.

What will the Future Finland data include?

Data will be gathered from multiple sources to create a comprehensive and reliable picture of the well-being of children, young people, and families – and how it evolves over time.

The Future Finland data collection will include

  • Register data from national registers on children born in Finland between 2025 and 2029, and their families.
  • Questionnaire data on topics not covered by national registers, such as everyday family life, well-being interaction and experiences. 
    • The questionnaire data collections will be conducted at several time points during pregnancy and early childhood, as well as at later developmental stages to be defined.
  • Subject to informed consent, blood samples from the pregnant person and the newborn that are collected as part of routine antenatal care and standard clinical procedures during childbirth. 
  • Additionally, some newborns will undergo a body composition measurement.

When information from multiple sources is combined in research, the development of the well being of children, adolescents, and families can be examined more deeply and comprehensively than before.

When can the Future Finland data be used for research?

The collection of biological samples and questionnaire data will begin in March 2026 within the Uusimaa region and expand nationwide in the subsequent years.

The data cannot be used for research immediately. It will be opened for research use gradually over the coming years.

Registry and survey data will be made available as soon as they are ready for research use. Biological samples will become available for open research use at a later stage, once enough samples have been collected and the principles governing their use have been defined.

Once the procedures related to data access have been specified, they will be published on the Future Finland website. At the same time, a more detailed description and information on the data available at each stage will be provided.

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Contact information

You will receive information about the study during pregnancy ultrasound appointments, at maternity clinics and in the maternity hospital, as well as through: