According to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the average annual income of single-mother households nationwide is estimated to be 3.73 million yen in 2020, which is less than half of all households with children.
Since 1952, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has conducted a national survey of single-parent families once every five years in principle. was.
The average annual income of all households living together is estimated to be 3.73 million yen for single-mother households and 6.06 million yen for single-father households in 2020.
Compared to the average annual income of 8.14 million yen for all households with children, this is less than half for single-mother households and about three-fourths for single-father households.
In addition, 86% of mothers in single-mother households are working, of which 49% are full-time employees, 39% are part-time workers, and 5% are self-employed.
On the other hand, 88% of working fathers were working fathers, 67% of which were full-time or full-time employees, 15% were self-employed, and 5% were part-time workers.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "We do not know the extent of the impact of the new coronavirus in this survey, but single-parent households continue to have low incomes, so we would like to continue to support them to become independent." increase.