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

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 FY2010 the monthly average of the actual number of persons receiving public assistance was 1,952,063, that of the actual number of households 1,410,049, and that of the public assistance rate 15.2%.

By type of assistance the number of those receiving medical assistance has been increasing every year.

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)
(1,000 households)	(1,000 persons)	(1,000 persons)	(1,000 persons)	(1,000 persons)	(1,000 persons)	(1,000 persons)	(1,000 persons)	Livelihood assistance	Housing assistance	Education assistance	Long-term care assistance	Medical assistance	Other assistance
FY 1965	644	1,599	16.3	1,438	728	433	•	616	11	89.9	45.5	27.1	•	38.5	0.7
FY 1970	658	1,344	13.0	1,143	643	263	•	702	7	85.0	47.9	19.6	•	52.2	0.5
FY 1975	708	1,349	12.1	1,160	705	229	•	785	5	86.0	52.2	16.9	•	58.2	0.4
FY 1980	747	1,427	12.2	1,251	867	261	•	856	5	87.7	60.7	18.3	•	60.0	0.3
FY 1985	781	1,431	11.8	1,269	968	252	•	910	4	88.7	67.6	17.6	•	63.6	0.3
FY 1990	624	1,015	8.2	890	730	136	•	711	3	87.7	71.9	13.4	•	70.1	0.3
FY 1991	601	946	7.6	826	681	117	•	681	3	87.3	72.0	12.4	•	71.9	0.3
FY 1992	586	898	7.2	781	646	104	•	662	3	86.9	72.0	11.6	•	73.7	0.3
FY 1993	586	883	7.1	765	639	97	•	659	3	86.7	72.4	10.9	•	74.6	0.3
FY 1994	595	885	7.1	766	645	92	•	671	3	86.5	72.8	10.4	•	75.8	0.3
FY 1995	602	882	7.0	760	639	88	•	680	2	86.2	72.4	10.0	•	77.1	0.3
FY 1996	613	887	7.1	766	649	85	•	695	3	86.3	73.1	9.6	•	78.3	0.3
FY 1997	631	906	7.2	784	669	84	•	716	3	86.6	73.8	9.3	•	79.0	0.3
FY 1998	663	947	7.5	822	707	86	•	753	2	86.8	74.7	9.1	•	79.6	0.3
FY 1999	704	1,004	7.9	877	763	91	•	804	2	87.3	76.0	9.1	•	80.0	0.2
FY 2000	751	1,072	8.4	943	824	97	67	864	2	87.9	76.9	9.0	6.2	80.6	0.2
FY 2001	805	1,148	9.0	1,015	891	105	84	929	2	88.4	77.6	9.1	7.4	80.9	0.2
FY 2002	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
FY 2003	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
FY 2004	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
FY 2005	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
FY 2006	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
FY 2007	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
FY 2008	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
FY 2009	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
FY 2010	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

Source: “Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW (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

## Changes in Percentage Distribution of Households Receiving Public Assistance by Household Type

Examining the number of households receiving public assistance by household type reveals elderly households to have been of the highest percentage at 42.9%.

The decrease in percentage of elderly households in 2005 was due to a change in the definition of elderly households: the definition up to FY 2004 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 FY 2005 on was “households composed only of males and/or females aged 65 or older and with or without persons younger than 18”.

Elderly households	Fatherless households	Households with wounded or sick persons/persons with disabilities	Other households
FY 1971	30.7	9.9	40.9	18.6
FY 1975	31.4	10.0	45.8	12.9
FY 1980	30.3	12.8	46.0	10.9
FY 1985	31.2	14.6	44.8	9.3
FY 1990	37.2	11.7	42.9	8.1
FY 1991	38.8	10.8	42.7	7.8
FY 1992	40.2	9.9	42.4	7.5
FY 1993	41.1	9.3	42.3	7.2
FY 1994	41.8	9.0	42.1	7.1
FY 1995	42.3	8.7	42.0	6.9
FY 1996	43.2	8.4	41.6	6.8
FY 1997	44.0	8.3	41.0	6.7
FY 1998	44.5	8.2	40.4	6.8
FY 1999	44.9	8.3	39.6	7.1
FY 2000	45.5	8.4	38.7	7.4
FY 2001	46.0	8.5	37.8	7.7
FY 2002	46.3	8.6	36.7	8.3
FY 2003	46.4	8.7	35.8	9.0
FY 2004	46.7	8.8	35.1	9.4
FY 2005	43.5	8.7	37.5	10.3
FY 2006	44.1	8.6	37.0	10.2
FY 2007	45.1	8.4	36.4	10.1
FY 2008	45.7	8.2	35.5	10.6
FY 2009	44.3	7.8	34.3	13.5
FY 2010	42.9	7.7	33.1	16.2

Source: “Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW