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Household projections for Japan, 1995-2000 — methods and results
Author(s)	Hachiro Nishioka, Toru Suzuki, Yasuyo Koyama
Corporate Author	National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan
Journal title	Review of Population and Social Policy, no 9, 2000
Pages	pp 65-86
Source	National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, 1-2-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013, Japan. www.ipss.go.jp
Keywords	Living patterns ; The Family ; Demography ; Japan.
Annotation	Household projections by family type for Japan between 1995 and 2020 were conducted using a multidimensional household transition method. The projection method was based on the transition probabilities of individual households' positions. These probabilities were estimated from a nationally representative sample survey. According to the projection results, the average household size will decline from 2.82 people in 1995 to 2.45 in 2020. The proportion of one-person households is expected to increase from 25.6% in 1995 to 29.7% in 2020. It was also predicted that the absolute number of households in Japan will start to decrease before 2020. Detailed data are provided. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010323204 A
Classmark	K7: SJ: S8: 7DT
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