Japan's poor (1987)

By William Wetherall

Table 1

Local differences in public assistance rates

Public assistance rates (Percent of population on relief)

Fiscal year (April-March) by selected prefecture and all Japan

	1951	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985

Hokkaido	1.78	2.19	2.06	2.07	1.90	1.92	1.90	1.99	2.16	2.36	2.34	2.32	1.96	1.95	1.92	2.15

Tokyo	2.46	2.44	2.29	1.95	1.88	1.77	1.58	1.44	1.36	1.30	1.20	1.16	1.06	1.04	1.14	1.14

Gifu	2.14	1.68	1.46	1.38	1.35	1.31	1.19	1.08	0.96	0.88	0.76	0.69	0.48	0.48	0.42	0.35

Kyoto	3.47	3.76	2.69	2.12	1.94	1.91	1.75	1.64	1.55	1.49	1.39	1.31	1.18	1.20	1.23	1.33

Fukuoka	1.01	1.96	2.28	1.99	2.17	2.80	3.46	4.16	5.15	6.21	6.10	5.89	4.78	4.48	4.24	4.17

Okinawa *													3.27	2.65	2.91	2.40

All Japan	2.44	2.16	1.97	1.78	1.77	1.8	1.74	1.74	1.76	1.81	1.72	1.63	1.3	1.21	1.22	1.18

Notes	*	Okinawa was under US administration from 1945 until May 1972, so there was no relief rate for Okinawa in fiscal year 1970. The figure shown in the table is for May 1972 - March 1975, the eleven period of the first fiscal year that Okinawan was again Japan's administration.
Sources		Ministry of Health and Welfare, Health and Welfare Statistics Association.

Table 2: Concentrations of poverty in selected social groups

Table 3: Economic status of students at public and private colleges