On the Duration of Public Assistance : Learning from the Experience of the Households Whose Assistance Has Been Terminated

• FUJIWARA Chisa

  岩手大学

• YUZAWA Naomi

  立教大学

• ISHIDA Hiroshi

  東京大学

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 生活保護の受給期間 : 廃止世帯からみた考察

Abstract

The National Survey of Recipients of Public Assistance, conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, is commonly used to estimate the duration of public assistance. The survey measures the duration of public assistance by the number of days from the beginning date of public assistance to the time of the survey among those who have received assistance on July 1 every year. This study, in contrast, estimated the duration of public assistance from the beginning date of assistance to the termination date among those who moved out of public assistance in a municipality. This study produces the following findings. First, there are some recipients whose duration is less than one year and who are not captured by a survey conducted on a particular date once a year. Second, the duration varies by the educational attainment of the head of household and the type of household. Third, the duration depends on the reason for terminating the assistance, e. g., whether the termination is based on the prospect of independence. Finally, the survival analysis which uses both current recipients at the time of the survey and past recipients whose assistance has been terminated suggests variations in duration by household type and gender.

Journal

• Social Policy and Labor Studies

  Social Policy and Labor Studies 1 (4), 87-99, 2010

  Japan Association for Social Policy Studies

Keywords

• public assistance
• duration of public assistance
• reasons for terminating public assistance

Details

• CRID: 1390282681095374464
• NII Article ID: 110009554770
• DOI: 10.24533/spls.1.4_87
• ISSN: 24332984
• ISSN: 18831850
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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