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Rate of Single-parent Households

2018-2-27 | Household & Housing |

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Rate of single-parent households from the 2005 National Population Census. The percentage of single-parent households (female-headed and male-headed) has been calculated based on the number of households.

The national average of single-parent households is 2.84%. The rate is greatest in Okinawa, with 6.16%, indicating that approximately 1 in every 16 households is single-parent.

Of the top 10 prefectures, other than Hokkaido and Aomori, 8 are prefectures in western Japan, in contrast to the rate of people living alone, which is high in urban areas and low in rural areas.

The correlative ranking shows that it is highly correlated with the number of postwar emigrants. This may be due to there being, in western Japan, a sense of trying to deal with difficulties in living by moving out. There is also high correlation with the rate of delinquency in payment of school meal fees, implying financial difficulties faced by single-parent households. The rate of single-parent households is also strongly associated with the rate of unemployment in 2005, indicating that there may be some sort of connection with economic instability due to unemployment.

RATE OF SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS

Source　National Population Census (2015)

Rank	Prefectures	Rate of Single-parent Households		Standard Score
Rank	Prefectures	Amount	per 100	Standard Score
Sort	Desc Asc	Desc Asc	Desc Asc	Desc Asc
1	Kochi	6,125世帯	10.39	72.35
2	Hokkaido	45,350世帯	10.16	70.83
3	Miyazaki	10,054世帯	10.07	70.19
4	Kagoshima	14,267世帯	9.80	68.39
5	Okinawa	14,935世帯	9.72	67.87
6	Wakayama	7,601世帯	9.12	63.81
7	Yamaguchi	10,200世帯	8.68	60.85
8	Ehime	10,280世帯	8.66	60.73
9	Aomori	9,439世帯	8.57	60.14
10	Fukuoka	39,885世帯	8.57	60.13
11	Nagasaki	9,981世帯	8.31	58.37
12	Kumamoto	12,814世帯	8.01	56.39
13	Osaka	63,599世帯	7.99	56.26
14	Oita	7,803世帯	7.81	55.02
15	Kagawa	6,550世帯	7.66	54.01
16	Tokushima	4,636世帯	7.46	52.66
17	Tottori	3,733世帯	7.45	52.60
18	Hiroshima	19,265世帯	7.38	52.15
19	Kyoto	16,451世帯	7.29	51.54
20	Saga	5,523世帯	7.23	51.12
21	Yamanashi	5,204世帯	7.06	50.03
22	Okayama	11,736世帯	6.90	48.95
23	Iwate	7,244世帯	6.75	47.93
24	Nara	8,188世帯	6.72	47.70
25	Fukushima	10,923世帯	6.70	47.56
26	Hyogo	33,764世帯	6.67	47.36
27	Gunma	12,008世帯	6.64	47.20
28	Shimane	3,791世帯	6.59	46.82
29	Ibaraki	16,664世帯	6.36	45.34
30	Mie	10,461世帯	6.32	45.01
31	Miyagi	12,754世帯	6.20	44.21
32	Akita	4,786世帯	6.03	43.07
33	Tochigi	10,912世帯	6.01	42.97
34	Shizuoka	20,185世帯	5.95	42.53
35	Nagano	11,216世帯	5.94	42.45
36	Aichi	41,349世帯	5.70	40.90
37	Ishikawa	5,810世帯	5.59	40.12
38	Gifu	10,459世帯	5.59	40.11
39	Yamagata	5,301世帯	5.51	39.58
40	Chiba	30,864世帯	5.50	39.56
41	Saitama	36,580世帯	5.46	39.27
42	Niigata	10,610世帯	5.37	38.68
43	Shiga	7,431世帯	5.28	38.07
44	Kanagawa	44,469世帯	5.23	37.71
45	Tokyo	59,534世帯	5.19	37.45
46	Fukui	3,643世帯	5.15	37.19
47	Toyama	4,730世帯	5.10	36.85
	Japan	759,107世帯	6.67