Nearly 70 percent of single-parent families have reported or are expecting their income to drop during the coronavirus pandemic, a recent survey by the Single Parent Support Association says.
The Osaka-based group is calling for greater financial assistance to be given to such families as the pandemic is expected to take a particularly hard toll on them as they are more likely to fall into financial hardship.
In its online survey, which received 1,292 responses from single parents across the nation between May 22 and 24, 67.1 percent said incomes had dropped or were expected to drop compared with last year, while 37.2 percent reported no change.