Table 1 Indicators selected to analyze the characteristics of vacant home cluster areas

Characteristics indicator Formula
Socio-demographic characteristics Ratio of elderly-living-alone Number of the elderly living alone (number of population aged 65 or over living alone)/number of resident-registered population × 100
Number of recipients of national basic living security per thousand Number of recipients of national basic living security / number or resident-registered population × 1,000
Ratio of undereducated households living at a rental Number of households whose head graduated from middle school or lower and living at a rental / number of total households × 100
Characteristics of housing environment Ratio of households living at dilapidated small detached house Number of households living at detached house below 60㎡ built before 1980 / number of total households × 100
Ratio of households insufficient in water toilet Number of households using latrine (no toilet) or public toilet / number of total households × 100
Ratio of households insufficient in kitchen/bathing facilities Number of households using traditional (no hot water) or public kitchen or bathing facilities / number of total households × 100
Characteristics of neighborhood residential environment Ratio of small parcels below 60㎡ Number of small parcels for building site (land category) below 60㎡ / number of total building site parcels × 100
Ratio of automobile passage impossible roads Length of roads below 4m in width/Length of total roads x 100