Housing Conditions and Demand for Youth Households by Life-Cycle Changes: Using the 2002 Survey on Youth Living

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the housing status of young households by life cycle, and to analyze changes in housing demand for young households in the future. For this purpose, this study uses the 「2022 Survey on Youth Living」 that was recently disclosed by the Office for Government Policy Coordination. The main analysis results of this study are as follows. First, there are many unmarried youths living with their parents. However, as young people in this type of household are not living independently, they are excluded from the housing policy for young households. Second, young single-person households currently make up most of youth-independent households, and their housing situation is relatively poor. Moreover, young single-person households appear to be a type that requires continued attention because it is expected that unmarried young people currently living with their parents will diversify into young single-person households in the future. Third, based on the estimated number of households and housing demand by the life-cycle of young households, the total number of young households decreased in the long term. Still, the proportion of young single-person households and young couple households increased. Specifically, If the differentiation of young households is activated, the total number of households and the housing demand of young households decreases.