ANALYSIS OF AGE DISTRIBUTION BALANCE AND HOME-CITY SETTLEMENT LEVEL—CASE OF THE CITIES IN IBARAKI—

Abstract

This study firstly analyses the change of age distribution balance in nation-wide level and city level. Age distribution balance is measured by Gini-Coefficient. It is found that the balance in nation-wide level has been lost in average and the urban areas keep better.
Secondly we propose the index for measuring the attractiveness of each city to keep younger people in their home city without relocating to the regional central city where they are employed. By using this index, we statistically analyse the factors in urban and transportation services to affect the younger peoples' behavior to choose relocation or commute from their home city to the regional central city.