In a survey of individual lifestyle consciousness conducted by the Bank of Japan, 89% of respondents answered that prices were higher than they were a year ago, the highest level in about 14 years.
On the other hand, the percentage of people who answered that they are no longer able to afford to live is increasing, suggesting that rising prices are affecting their lives.
The Bank of Japan conducts a questionnaire survey every three months for people aged 20 and over nationwide in order to understand individual lifestyle consciousness, and this time, 2193 people responded from May to June.
According to this, the percentage of those who answered that prices have increased compared to a year ago increased by 7.8 points from the previous survey in March to 89%.
This is the highest level in about 14 years since September 2008.
In addition, the percentage of those who answered that prices were rising one year later was 87.1%, the highest level in 14 years.
On the other hand, the percentage of those who answered that they have less room to live than a year ago was 43.2%, an increase of 1.5 points from the previous survey.
The reason for this is that the percentage of those who answered "because prices have risen" has risen to 78.9%, suggesting that the rise in prices is affecting people's lives.
The Bank of Japan believes that rising prices of products that are familiar to people are affecting people's awareness of daily life, and will continue to carefully monitor consumption trends and their impact on households.
"Kodomo Shokudo" There are voices of anxiety about future activities due to increased costs
Kanamecho Asayake Children's Cafeteria in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, which has been in operation for nine years, is currently not in the cafeteria format as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, but distributes ingredients such as rice and vegetables twice a month for free. increase.
The number of applicants has increased from about 3 months ago, and the ingredients for 55 families divided into small pieces will not be available in about 25 minutes at the earliest. I feel that is increasing.
At this cafeteria, we distribute not only donated ingredients but also handmade candy and bread every time so that adults can feel the connection by eating what they have taken the time to make.
However, the cost of ingredients such as flour, butter, and sugar has risen across the board, putting pressure on activity funds centered on donations, so we are devising ways to think about menus centered on donated ingredients.
The impact of rising prices is also appearing in other children's cafeterias.
When the NPO "National Children's Cafeteria Support Center Musubie" conducted a questionnaire survey of children's cafeterias nationwide in June,
30 of the 623 respondents said that they did not feel any particular impact. %
▽ 54.4% said that there was no change in the price or meal content, although they felt the impact, but
▽ 15.6% answered that they changed or plan to change the holding frequency, price, meal content, etc. It means that it was done.
In the free description, there were also voices such as "I'm wondering whether to reduce one onion" or "The effect of rising electricity bills and lunch boxes is great".
Mr. Yamada, who runs a children's cafeteria in Toshima Ward, said, "We will have to put more effort into covering the quantity because we will run out of school lunches during the summer vacation. Just because the prices of ingredients have risen. I can't reduce the amount, and I'm worried about what will happen if the price goes up. I'm doing it for free, but I'm prepared to take it out. Was there.