We will conduct a national structure survey in 2024.

The “National Structural Survey” aims to comprehensively grasp the actual situation of consumption, income, assets and liabilities in households, and to clarify household income distribution and consumption levels and structures nationwide and by region. Survey. This survey is a “Basic Statistical Survey” based on the Statistical Law (Act No. 53 of 2007) (a survey to create a basic statistical “National Structural Statistics”), which is particularly important among national statistical surveys. Survey. The survey has been conducted every five years since 1959 (Showa 34), and the 2024 survey is the 14th time.

2 months from October and November 2024

Approximately 90,000 households nationwide randomly selected
In Yokohama City, 12 out of 18 wards have been selected as survey areas, and a total of about 290 households will be surveyed.
※Survey area: Tsurumi Ward, Kanagawa Ward, Naka Ward, Konan Ward, Hodogaya Ward, Asahi Ward Kanazawa Ward, Kohoku Ward, Aoba Ward, Totsuka Ward, Izumi Ward, Seya Ward

• Matters concerning households and household members
  Household composition, employment and education status of household members, current housing status, ownership of housing and residential land other than current housing, etc.
• Matters related to household income and expenditure
  Payment by automatic direct debit, payment to accounts (salary, pension, etc.), daily income and expenditures, etc.
• Matters related to income and household assets and liabilities
  Annual income, financial assets such as savings and deposits, borrowings, corporate pension contributions, property taxes, etc.

• Flow of Survey
  Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Kanagawa Prefecture - Each ward of Yokohama City - Instructor - Investigator - Reporter (Household)
• Method of investigation
  Investigators distribute survey documents for each survey household, and households respond on the Internet (online response), and (2) submit questionnaires to surveyors (some, there are methods of submitting questionnaires by mail) Select one of them.

In Internet answers, you can answer smoothly according to the guidance on the screen, and if you have any questions, you can ask questions by chat.
In addition, the “Basic Survey” also has a function to simplify input into the “Household Account Book” by taking a receipt when filling out the “Household Account Book” for daily income and expenditures in the “Basic Survey”. . It is also compatible with smartphones and tablet devices, so please use it.

• Basic materials for examining social security systems and tax systems such as pension and nursing care.
• Basic materials for reviewing the standard of living assistance
• Basic materials for examining support for living difficulties such as poverty.
• Analysis of household consumption, income and assets in various white papers, etc.

The visiting investigator is a local government employee appointed by the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture to conduct this survey. The investigator always carries a "investigator's card" with a face photo issued by the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, and if necessary, such as to confirm the identity of the investigator, the investigator will show the "investigator's card" To do.

We do not ask for money or ask for credit card numbers. Beware of suspicious visitors and suspicious calls and e-mails that have been subject to government statistical surveys.

Please contact the ward office of your ward (General Affairs Division Statistics and Elections Section), General Affairs Department Statistics and Information Division of Policy Management Bureau (045-671-4207) or the National Structural Survey Call Center of the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (0570-02-7272).

The results will be announced on the website of the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, sequentially from December 2025.