2003 Household Survey on Land
EXPLANATION OF TERMS
«Household»
Household
Household means a group of persons who share both a dwelling and a
livelihood. It includes a family who lives in a rental room or lives
together with another family, and also a person who lives alone in a dwelling.
However, the aggregate number of households in this survey
does not include single lodgers, single roomers, single live-in employees
living with employer, or single persons or groups of single persons
living in a building other than a dwelling, such as a dormitory or an
inn.
Household Members
"Household members" refers to the total number of people
who usually live in a dwelling as members of one household.
A person who happens to be away from a dwelling for a trip
or other purposes is included in this number if he/she usually lives in
the dwelling. A person who lives away from a dwelling for more than 3
months because he/she has a business post away from his/her family or
for other reasons or a person who was staying in the dwelling by chance
at the time of survey is not included.
As special exceptions, the following people were deemed to
be usually living in the place indicated:
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Resident of a school boardinghouse, lodging house, student dormitory
or student union of a prefectural citizens' association, etc. ...Said
boarding house, lodging house, student dormitory or student union
of a prefectural citizens' association, etc. |
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Hospitalized patient in a hospital, home, etc.
Person already hospitalized for three months or more ... The hospital,
home, etc., where said person is hospitalized
Person hospitalized for less than three months ... Own home |
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Person on a ship ... Own home |
Furthermore, a "single live-in domestic helper"
is included in the household members, but "a live-in employee,"
"a lodger" or "a roomer" is deemed an independent
household from that of his/her employer or landlord (landlady).
Type of Household
Taking the married couple of the youngest generation in a
household as the basis for type, type of household was classified in the
following manner. A "child" here means a single child.
| Ο |
Household with married couple only |
| Ο |
Household with a married couple and their child(ren) only |
| Ο |
Household with a married couple, their child(ren) and parent(s)
only
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Household with a married couple, their child (ren) and parents |
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Household with a married couple, their child (ren) and a
parent |
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| Ο |
Household with a married couple and their parent(s) only
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Household with a married couple and parents |
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Household with a married couple and a parent |
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| Ο |
Household with a male or female householder and his/her child(ren)
only
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Household with a male householder and his child(ren) |
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Household with a female householder and her child(ren) |
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| Ο |
Household with siblings only |
| Ο |
Household with other relatives
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Household with a married couple and other relatives (other than parent(s) and child (ren)) |
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Household with a married couple, their child(ren) and other
relatives (other than parent(s) ) |
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Household with a married couple, their parent(s) and other relatives (other than child(ren)) |
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Household with a married couple, their child(ren), parent(s) and other relatives |
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| Ο |
Single-person household |
| Ο | Others |
Type of household was decided by excluding a spouse if he/she
lives away from a dwelling for a long time because he/she has a business
post away from his/her family or for other reasons and any persons who
were staying in the dwelling by chance at the time of survey.
When a household includes a "live-in domestic helper", the type of household is deemed
"others".
Annual Income of Household
This refers to the total annual income of the household.
It includes not only the income of the main earner of the household
but also the incomes of all household members (including tax).
The income includes salary, wages, bonuses, temporary income
(such as overtime allowances, etc.), income from side jobs or part-time
jobs, benefits such as annuities or pensions, income from properties
(such as dividends, interest, and rent on a house or land), and remittances.
Extraordinary income, such as income resulting from an
inheritance, grant or retirement, is not included.
For a self-employed worker, income refers not to amount
of sales but to business profit after deducting expenses, such as the
cost of purchases, mate-rial costs, and personnel expenses.
Main Earner
This means a person who earns the main livelihood for his/her
household.
When a household is supported by a remittance, etc. from another
household, the head of the supported household is regarded, for convenience
sake, as the main earner.
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Age
Age as of the date of the survey.
Employment Status
The employment status of a main earner was classified
as follows:
| Self-employed workers |
In agriculture, forestry or fisheries |
| In commerce, industry, etc. |
| Employees |
Regular employee(of a company, association, public corporation
or individual)
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Regular employee(of the central or local government)
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| Temporary worker |
Without occupation
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Student |
| Others |
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Self-employed worker
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In agriculture, forestry or fisheries
This refer to a person who is personally engaged in
agriculture, forestry, fisheries or other such field.
In commerce, industry, etc.
This refers to a person who operates his or her own
shop or factory in a field other than agriculture, forestry or fishery.
It covers people who are engaged in occupations using their own
special skills or knowledge as a medical practitioner, lawyer, writer,
painter, certified public accountant or other. Persons who perform
a side job at home are included here.
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Employees
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Regular employee (of a company, association, public corporation
or individual)
This refers to a person who earns income or wages as
a regular employee of a company, public corporation (kodan or kosha),
other corporation, association or individual (e.g., a company employee,
association employee, employee of a private shop, etc.).
It also includes presidents of companies and associations,
directors, etc.
Regular employee (of the central or local government)
This refers to a person who, regardless of whether he/she
is in an operational sector, is constantly employed by the central
or local government and earns salaries or wages.
Temporary worker
This refers to a person who is employed on a daily basis
or for a contracted period of less than one year.
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Without occupation
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Students
This refers to a person who ordinarily does not work
and mainly attends school, university, or college.
Others
This refers to a person who ordinarily does not work
and lives on remittances, employment insurance, benefits from a
public welfare assistance program, a pension, or income from properties. |
«Land»
Tenure State of Land
The tenure state of land by a household was classified as
follows:
| Ο |
Owning present site of dwelling |
| Ο |
Not owning present site of dwelling |
| Ο |
Owning land other than present site of dwelling
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Owning of farm land and mountain-forest
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Owning of farm land |
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Owning of mountain-forest |
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Owning both farm land and mountain-forest |
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Owning of building site, etc. |
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Owning of farm land/mountain-forest and building site, etc. |
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| Ο |
Not owning land other than present site of dwelling
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| Ο |
Owning both present site of dwelling and land other than present
site of dwelling |
| Ο |
Not owning present site of dwelling nor land other than present
site of dwelling |
Even when only part of the land is owned by one of the household
members, such household was included in the category of "owning land".
If the land has been obtained by a household recently and its registration
has not been completed, or corresponding deferred payments are yet to
be finished, such household was included in the category of "owning"
land.
If the land has been registered in the name of a spouse who
has been absent for more than 3 months (e.g., because he/she has a business
post away from the dwelling, etc.) or of a person, such as a parent, who
lives in the dwelling but does not share the livelihood, or in the name
of a company, such household was included in the category of "not
owning" land.
Category of the Land
The category of the land owned by households was classified
as follows by the actual status of the land.
Present Site of Dwelling
This means the site for the house or the building in which
the household members live.
In the case of a detached house, the entire site, not the
total floor space of the house, was regarded as the present site of the
dwelling, and in the case of multi-unit housing or a rowhouse, the floor
space corresponding to the apartment in which the household members live
(portion of sectional ownership), not the entire site, was regarded as
the present site of dwelling.
When the house is located within the same site of a factory
or an office, the remaining space after deducting the site of the factory
or the office was regarded as the present site of dwelling, and the site
for the factory or the office was included in the land other than present
site of dwelling.
Land Other than the Present Site of Dwelling
| Farm land / Mountain-forest | --- |
Paddy field, other field, orchard, ranch,mountain-forest |
| Building site, etc. |
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other than farm land and mountain-forest, such as a site used
for a villa, office or shop, factory or warehouse, and land used
for parking lot, storage yard, vacant lot (including field) |
Location of the Land Owned
| Ο The same prefecture |
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When the land own- ed is located in the same prefecture as the
place of living. |
Ο The same municipality
(Shi, Ku, Machi or Mura) |
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When the land owned is located in the same municipality of the
place of living. |
Tenure Type
Tenure type was classified as follows:
In the case of a condominium where a household owns a part
of the building site in accordance with the share of the condominium (sectional
ownership), the tenure type of the site corresponding to the portion owned
by the household was surveyed.
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Owned by one member of household or jointly owned by members of household
This refers to cases where the land is owned in the
name of one of the household members, including cases where the
land is jointly owned by the household members.
Jointly owned with a member of another household or a corporation, etc.
This refers to cases where the land is jointly owned
by members of another household or a juridical person, etc. including
cases where the land is jointly owned by a spouse who has been absent
for more than 3 months because he/she has a business post away from
the dwelling or by a parent(s) who lives in the same dwelling but
does not share the livelihood.
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Year of Acquisition
The survey examined the year of acquisition for the present site of
dwelling and building site, etc. other than the present site of dwelling.
When the land was acquired piece by piece over multiple times,
the year when the largest portion of the land was acquired was regarded
as the year of acquisition.
Method of Acquisition
The survey examined the method of acquisition for the present site
of dwelling and building site, etc. other than present site of dwelling.
When the land was acquired by multiple methods of acquisition,
the method of acquisition for the largest portion of the total area was
regarded as the method of acquisition. When the land was purchased, the
land was classified in accordance with the person from whom the land was
directly purchased, not by the intermediary.
| Ο |
Purchased from the central or local government |
| Ο |
Purchased from a public corporation (kodan or kosha)---Cases
where land was purchased from the Urban Development Corporation,
prefectural or municipal corporation for supplying housing, housing
association, development corporation, etc. |
| Ο |
Purchased from a corporation such as a company |
| Ο |
Purchased from an individual |
| Ο |
Acquired by inheritance or grant |
| Ο |
Others---Cases where the land was acquired through an exchange
of equal value, etc.
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Present Usage
The survey examined the present major usage of the present
site of dwelling and building site, etc. other than present site of dwelling.
In cases where a building site, etc. other than present site
of dwelling was leased (including when leased free of charge), the survey
examined how the leased land was used.
<Present site of dwelling>
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Detached house……In case where one building is one
dwelling |
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Tenement houses---In case where two or more houses are combined
side by side into one building and each house commonly uses walls
but has an independent porch |
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Apartment houses---In case where two or more houses are contained
in one building. In some cases, corridors and steps are used commonly
or two or more houses were constructed in piles. |
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Others |
<Building site, etc. other than present site of dwelling>
| Ο |
Used mainly as a building site
| • |
Detached house for residential use only---Of the detached
houses, those built for residential use only. |
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Detached house used partly as a shop---Of the detached houses,
those built combining a part which is equipped with facilities
for a shop, a workplace, an office, etc. and a part for dwelling.
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Multi-unit housing---Those buildings having two or more
dwellings in one building with a common corridor or a stairway
etc. or those having two or more dwellings, on top of another.
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Rowhouses---Those structures having two or more dwellings
in one structure, each dwelling sharing a common partition
and having an independent entrance to the outside. |
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Office / shop |
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Factory / warehouse |
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Parking garage |
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Other building |
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| Ο |
Used mainly for purposes other than building site
| • |
Parking lot |
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Storage yard |
| • |
Place for sports or recreation |
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Others |
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| Ο |
Vacant lot (open space, field, etc.) |
Main User of Land
This means a person or a corporation who continuously uses
a building site, etc. other than the present site of dwelling owned by
the household, which was classified as follows:
| Ο |
Used by the household owing the land |
| Ο |
Used by the spouse, parent(s), etc. (including child(ren), grandparent(s)
or grand child(ren)) who does not share the dwelling nor livelihood
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| Ο |
Used by other household or a corporation, etc. |
In cases where the land is leased (including when leased free
of charge), a person to whom the land is leased was regarded as the main
user of the land. In cases involving operation of a parking lot or an
apartment house, the land was defined as "used by other household
or a corporation, etc."
Owner of the Building
When the building site, etc. other than present site of dwelling
is used mainly for the site of a building, the owner of the building was
surveyed and classified as one of following:
| Ο |
Owned by the household owing the land |
| Ο |
Jointly owned with a member of another household or a corporation,
etc. or owned only by members of another household or a corporation,
etc. |
| Ο |
Jointly owned with a spouse, parent(s), etc. who does not share
the dwelling nor livelihood, or owned only by a spouse, parent(s),
etc. who does not share the dwelling nor livelihood |
| Ο |
Others |
Number of Tenure Lots
For building site, etc. other than the present site of dwelling,
the total number of tenure lots was compiled as follows:
One lot of un-separated land is deemed one unit of "tenure
lot." However, even for one lot of un-separated land, if the lot
consists of two or more portions of different tenure type, the portion
of each tenure type is deemed one unit of tenure lot. If one lot of land
is divided by a public road or a river, each portion is deemed one unit
of tenure lot.
Number of Households Owning Land
When one household holds two or more units of tenure lot,
said household was compiled as one in the respective total number of
households summed by type of the land.
«Regions»
Regional Blocks
Regional blocks consist of the following 9 groups:
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Hokkaido District |
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Hokkaido |
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Tohoku District |
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Aomori-ken, Iwate-ken, Miyagi-ken, Akita-ken, Yamagata-ken, Fukushima-ken |
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Kanto District |
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Ibaraki-ken, Tochigi-ken, Gunma-ken, Saitama-ken, Chiba-ken, Tokyo-to,
Kanagawa-ken |
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Hokuriku District |
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Niigata-ken, To-yama-ken, Ishikawa-ken, Fukui-ken |
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Chubu District |
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Yamanashi-ken, Nagano-ken, Gifu-ken, Shizuoka-ken, Aichi-ken,
Mie-ken |
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Kinki District |
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Shiga-ken, Kyoto-fu, Osaka-fu, Hyogo-ken, Nara-ken, Wakayama-ken |
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Chugoku District |
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Tottori-ken, Shimane-ken, Okayama-ken, Hiroshima-ken, Yamaguchi-ken |
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Shikoku District |
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Tokushima-ken, Kagawa-ken, Ehime-ken, Kochi-ken |
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Kyushu and Okinawa District |
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Fukuoka-ken, Saga-ken, Nagasaki-ken, Kumamoto-ken, Oita-ken, Miyazaki-ken,
Kagoshima-ken, Okinawa-ken |
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