## Detailed Data 1

## Changes in Actual Number of Households/Persons Receiving Public Assistance,

Examining the overall general public assistance trends reveals the actual number of persons receiving public assistance and the public assistance rate (per population of 1,000) to have been on an upward trend after reaching a minimum in 1995. In FY2012 the monthly average of the actual number of persons receiving public assistance was 2,135,708, that of the actual number of households 1,558,510, and that of the public assistance rate 16.7%.

Actual recipient households	Actual recipients	Public assistance rate (%)	Livelihood assistance recipients	Housing assistance recipients	Education assistance recipients	Long-term care assistance recipients	Medical assistance recipients	Other assistance recipients	Assistance rate (actual recipients = 100.0)
Livelihood assistance	Housing assistance	Education assistance	Long-term care assistance	Medical assistance	Other assistance
FY1975	708	1,349	12.1	1,160	705	229	•	785	5	86.0	52.2	16.9	•	58.2	0.4
FY1980	747	1,427	12.2	1,251	867	261	•	856	5	87.7	60.7	18.3	•	60.0	0.3
FY1985	781	1,431	11.8	1,269	968	252	•	910	4	88.7	67.6	17.6	•	63.6	0.3
FY1990	624	1,015	8.2	890	730	136	•	711	3	87.7	71.9	13.4	•	70.1	0.3
FY1991	601	946	7.6	826	681	117	•	681	3	87.3	72.0	12.4	•	71.9	0.3
FY1992	586	898	7.2	781	646	104	•	662	3	86.9	72.0	11.6	•	73.7	0.3
FY1993	586	883	7.1	765	639	97	•	659	3	86.7	72.4	10.9	•	74.6	0.3
FY1994	595	885	7.1	766	645	92	•	671	3	86.5	72.8	10.4	•	75.8	0.3
FY1995	602	882	7.0	760	639	88	•	680	2	86.2	72.4	10.0	•	77.1	0.3
FY1996	613	887	7.1	766	649	85	•	695	3	86.3	73.1	9.6	•	78.3	0.3
FY1997	631	906	7.2	784	669	84	•	716	3	86.6	73.8	9.3	•	79.0	0.3
FY1998	663	947	7.5	822	707	86	•	753	2	86.8	74.7	9.1	•	79.6	0.3
FY1999	704	1,004	7.9	877	763	91	•	804	2	87.3	76.0	9.1	•	80.0	0.2
FY2000	751	1,072	8.4	943	824	97	67	864	2	87.9	76.9	9.0	6.2	80.6	0.2
FY2001	805	1,148	9.0	1,015	891	105	84	929	2	88.4	77.6	9.1	7.4	80.9	0.2
FY2002	871	1,243	9.8	1,105	975	114	106	1,003	3	89.0	78.5	9.2	8.5	80.7	0.2
FY2003	941	1,344	10.5	1,202	1,069	124	127	1,083	3	89.4	79.5	9.2	9.5	80.5	0.2
FY2004	999	1,423	11.1	1,274	1,143	132	147	1,155	3	89.5	80.3	9.3	10.3	81.1	0.2
FY2005	1,042	1,476	11.6	1,320	1,194	136	164	1,208	32	89.5	80.9	9.2	11.1	81.8	2.1
FY2006	1,076	1,514	11.8	1,354	1,233	137	172	1,226	36	89.5	81.5	9.1	11.4	81.0	2.4
FY2007	1,105	1,543	12.1	1,380	1,262	136	184	1,248	38	89.4	81.8	8.8	11.9	80.9	2.5
FY2008	1,149	1,593	12.5	1,422	1,305	135	196	1,282	40	89.3	81.9	8.5	12.3	80.5	2.5
FY2009	1,274	1,764	13.8	1,586	1,460	144	210	1,406	49	89.9	82.8	8.2	11.9	79.8	2.8
FY2010	1,410	1,952	15.2	1,767	1,635	155	228	1,554	56	90.5	83.7	8.0	11.7	79.6	2.9
FY2011	1,498	2,067	16.2	1,872	1,742	159	248	1,657	60	90.6	84.3	7.7	12.0	80.2	2.9
FY2012	1,559	2,136	16.7	1,928	1,812	159	270	1,716	62	90.3	84.8	7.4	12.6	80.4	2.9

Source: “National Survey on Public Assistance Recipients”, Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW (“Report on Social Welfare

(Note) The number of “Other assistance recipients” has increased since FY2005, due to an addition of the expenses necessary for attending high school, etc.

## Detailed Data 2

Examining the number of households receiving public assistance by household type reveals elderly households to have been of the highest percentage at 43.7%.

The decrease in percentage of elderly households in 2005 was due to a change in the definition of elderly households: the definition up to FY2004 was “households composed only of males aged 65 or older and/or females aged 60 or older but with or without any persons younger than 18” whereas the definition from FY2005 on was “households composed only of males and/or females aged 65 or older and with or without persons younger than 18”.

(Unit: %)

Elderly households	Fatherless households	Households with wounded or sick persons/ persons with disabilities	Other households
FY1975	31.4	10.0	45.8	12.9
FY1980	30.3	12.8	46.0	10.9
FY1985	31.2	14.6	44.8	9.3
FY1990	37.2	11.7	42.9	8.1
FY1991	38.8	10.8	42.7	7.8
FY1992	40.2	9.9	42.4	7.5
FY1993	41.1	9.3	42.3	7.2
FY1994	41.8	9.0	42.1	7.1
FY1995	42.3	8.7	42.0	6.9
FY1996	43.2	8.4	41.6	6.8
FY1997	44.0	8.3	41.0	6.7
FY1998	44.5	8.2	40.4	6.8
FY1999	44.9	8.3	39.6	7.1
FY2000	45.5	8.4	38.7	7.4
FY2001	46.0	8.5	37.8	7.7
FY2002	46.3	8.6	36.7	8.3
FY2003	46.4	8.7	35.8	9.0
FY2004	46.7	8.8	35.1	9.4
FY2005	43.5	8.7	37.5	10.3
FY2006	44.1	8.6	37.0	10.2
FY2007	45.1	8.4	36.4	10.1
FY2008	45.7	8.2	35.5	10.6
FY2009	44.3	7.8	34.3	13.5
FY2010	42.9	7.7	33.1	16.2
FY2011	42.6	7.6	32.8	17.0
FY2012	43.7	7.4	30.6	18.4

Source: “National Survey on Public Assistance Recipients”, Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau, MHLW (“Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW for the figures up to FY2011)