Saturday, May 01, 2010
Data on the Poverty in Japan
the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry of Japan
Economic Survey of Japan 2006 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Poverty Data about the Elderly
The poverty rate of single-parent households in Japan: 54.3% (Japanese)
- English explanation by Japan Times
(Japan’s lowest poverty rate of single-parent households among OECD member countries: 54.3％ (Japanese). The article by Japan Older Person’s Co-operative Union
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The relative poverty rate of Japan: 15.7％ (Japanese)
The rate of non-regular workers increased from 19% to above 30% during the period of 1996 and 2006. On average, part-time workers gain only 40% of payments for full-time workers per hour.
Chart about comparisons between before and after taxes and transfers: the child poverty rate of Japan increases to 14% (in 2000) after redistribution of tax money unlike the OECD average. After the redistribution, Japan’s rate gets higher than the OECD average.
Also, the survey says that more than half of working single-parent households are in poverty (in 2000). The average rate of working single-parent households among OECD member countries is about 20%.
The Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions reports the poverty of 24,000 elderly people in Japan (Japanese).
The report says that around 40% of the elderly live with incomes less than \100,000 per month; around 30% say that they don’t go out because it would cost money.
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