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The average annual income of households ( ) a single mother who was claiming benefits such as child care allowance ( ) 2.13 million yen in 2005, or about 38 percent of the average household income of 5.64 million yen.

The figure was ( ) 10,000 yen from the previous survey ( ) in 2003, according to the results of the survey released Tuesday. Meanwhile, the average annual ( ) for single mothers stood at 1.71 million yen, up 90,000 yen from the previous survey. The ministry conducted the survey in November 2006. ( ) 1,517 randomly selected single mother households ( ) 199 single father households nationwide. The employment rate ( ) single mother households was 84.5 percent, up 1.5 percentage points from the previous survey.

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