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Summary of the Latest Month on Family Income and Expenditure Survey
December 2018
Released on 8 February 2019
Release of "discontinuity-adjusted figures"
Summary of Survey Results
(1) Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for December 2018 was 329,271 yen, up 2.2% in nominal terms and up 1.9% in real terms from the previous year.
"Discontinuity-adjusted figures" was up 0.4% in nominal terms and up 0.1% in real terms from the previous year.
(2) Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 1,026,628 yen, up 9.1% in nominal terms and up 8.8% in real terms from the previous year.
"Discontinuity-adjusted figures" was up 2.6% in nominal terms and up 2.3% in real terms from the previous year.
Note:Since the release of April 2018 result, "Change over the year in %" and "Contribution" from Jan. 2018 have been replaced by "discontinuity-adjusted figures", which are calculated to remove gaps influenced by the revision of account books. “Discontinuity-adjusted figures” were retroactively revised with releasing the result of Dec. 2018.
Statistical Tables
Table 1 Major Figures on Family Budget (Excel:70KB)
Table 2 Average of Monthly Receipts and Disbursements per Household (Excel:100KB)
Note:Since the release of April 2018 result, "Change over the year in %" and "Contribution" from Jan. 2018 have been replaced by "discontinuity-adjusted figures", which are calculated to remove gaps influenced by the revision of account books. “Discontinuity-adjusted figures” were retroactively revised with releasing the result of Dec. 2018.
Seasonally Adjusted Series of Key Items(Excel:204KB)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Seasonally Adjusted Series of Key Items(Excel:130KB)
(Workers' Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:508KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:515KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members)
(Workers' Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:527KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members and age group of household head)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Statistical Tables (Not including agricultural, forestry and fisheries households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:440KB)
(adjusted in the level of 4-person households)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:443KB)
(adjusted in the level of 4-person households)
(Workers' Households)
