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Many welfare recipients well-off
It has been reported that the number of cases of householders who receive welfare benefits while also able to work has been rapidly increasing in Kagoshima Prefecture. The number has more than tripled in the last five years, with investigations of illegal cases conducted in 2011 reaching 391.
According to the prefecture's Social Welfare Department, households on welfare are categorised as
elderly, or fatherless families, and also "others”—which refers to householders that are capable of going to work, and whose number since the Lehman fall ballooned from 2,349 households, or 13% of the overall recipients in 2007, to 4,092 households, or 18% in 2011.
The department attributed the increasing number of householders categorised as "others" to economic downturn and decreasing offers of regular employment.
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多くの生活保護受給者が裕福だった
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It ~ that...：＜that以下のこと＞が報告された　　　the ~ cases：件数　　　householders ~ work：働くの能力がありながら生活保護を受け取っている世帯主　　　has ~ increasing：急増している　　　(has) ~ tripled：３倍になった　　　in ~ years：過去５年間で　　　with ~ 391：２０１１年に実施された違法事例の調査が３９１件に上って
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According to...：・・・によると　　　(are) categorised as...：・・・に分類される　　　elderly：高齢者　　　fatherless families：母子家庭　　　refers to...：・・・に言及する　　　are ~ work：仕事に行く能力がある　　　the Lehman's fall：リーマンショック　　　ballooned：膨れ上がった　　　overall：全体の
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The department：同課（県社会福祉課のこと）　　　attributed ~ to...：～の原因を・・・に結びつけた　　　economic downturn：景気悪化