Analysis of Effects of Working Conditions of Single Mothers on Poverty Rates of Mother-children Households in Prefectures

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  • 母子世帯の都道府県別貧困率に及ぼす母親の就労要因の影響度の分析
  • ボシ セタイ ノ トドウフケン ベツ ヒンコンリツ ニ オヨボス ハハオヤ ノ シュウロウ ヨウイン ノ エイキョウド ノ ブンセキ

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<p>An empirical analysis was performed to obtain information on the reasons of the poverty situation of mother-children households by estimating poverty rates and searching their determinants. On the basis of the open data of household numbers in income classes of the Housing and Land Survey, the poverty rates of mother-children households in 47 prefectures were estimated, and the disparity of the poverty situation of mother-children households in local areas was discussed. Determinants of poverty rates were searched by applying a nonlinear regression analysis to the estimated poverty rates in prefectures as an objective variable, and many related factors mainly relevant to working conditions of single mothers as explanatory variables. Seven determinants were obtained: mothers’ employment rates as manufacturing process workers, professional and engineering workers, sales workers and service workers, rates of temporary employees, rates of high school graduates as final educational background and rates of households with children under 6 years of age. It is newly found that mothers’ employment rates by occupation significantly affect the poverty rates of mother-children households.</p>

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