Household Composition and Individual Characteristics among Recipients of Public Assistance

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  • 生活保護世帯の世帯構造と個人指標
  • セイカツ ホゴ セタイ ノ セタイ コウゾウ ト コジン シヒョウ

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Japanese government statistics classify recipients of public assistance into five categories of households: elderly, single mother and disabled households, households with injuries or diseases, and other households. However, the definition of households is not consistent. Government statistics also grasp the situation of recipients of public assistance only to a limited extent, as they do not specify educational attainment. In this paper, we examine all households who left public assistance in 2005 in city A, and reexamine the existing categorization of households by looking at household composition. We also add injury, handicap and educational attainment in analyzing the characteristics of households receiving public assistance. We find that: 1) also in households other than those classified as disabled, injured or ill there is a relationship between disability, injury, disease and poverty; 2) there are also a number of other households with children other than single mother households and it is necessary to examine 'child poverty'; and 3) that the educational attainment of the head of household and his/her spouse tends to be comparatively low. In light of these characteristics, we argue that it is necessary to add new indicators in order to grasp the situation of households receiving public assistance.

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