2003 Volume 4 Pages 299-305
Time series analysis of household economy data covering an 1-year-period from 1989 to 1999 in Kobe severely damaged in the 1995 Hyogo-ken-nanbu, Japan, earthquake was carried out. Data were collected from the annual reports of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey published by the Statistics Bureau of Japan. We identified several income and outgo items that showed statistically significant changes between pre-earthquake six years, 1989-1994, and 1995. Also, we estimated earthquake-related extra expenditure paid by households with three different levels of housing damage of demolition, repair, and no-damage. An estimate of extra payments paid by house holds for purchasing or constructing new housing was obtained at 30 million Japanese yen.
