Changes in the Number of Farm Households According to Prefecture / 13
The Extent of Agricultural Education / 15
The Abolishment of Institutional Restrictions Against the Movement of Labor and the System of Labor and the System of Labor Recruitment / 16
II. 1920‐1945 / 17
Summary / 17
Changes in the Composition of the Active Agricultural Population / 18
The Decrease in the Farm Population Due to Social Conditions / 23
Where the Farm Household Labor Force Took up Employment / 25
Dekasegi:Seasonal Work Away from Home / 29
The Labor Recruiting System / 31
The Relationship Between Changes in Prosperity and the Rural Exodus / 32
III. 1945‐1966 / 37
Summary / 37
The Backward Flow of the Farm Village Population Due to the Termination of the War / 38
The Beginning of the Stage of Decrease / 41
An Interpretation of the Statistics / 42
How the Active Agricultural Population Decreases / 45
The Background for the Decrease in the Active Agricultural Population / 48
Trends Concerning School Graduates from Farm Families / 51
Persons Engaged in Agriculture Who Change Occupations / 58
The Employment of the Farm Population:A Summary / 60
Dekasegi:Seasonal Work Away from Home / 61
The Increasing Number of Females and the Elderly in the Active Agricultural Population / 63
The Sudden Increase in Part‐time Farm Households / 64
The Educational Level of Persons Engaged in Agriculture / 67
The Recruiting System / 68
IV. A FEW SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATIONS / 70
The Effects of the Land Reform / 70
The Role of the Farm Household as a Source of Labor / 71
The Relative Incomes of Agriculture and Industry / 74
Enlarging the Scale of Farming / 77
1. An Outline of the Economically Active Population by Industry(1872‐1965) / 6
2. Changes in the Number of Farm Households and the Amount of Cultivated Land(1903‐1965) / 7
3. The Economically Active Population in Early Meiji(1870's) / 10
4. The Economically Active Population Engaged in Agriculture and Forestry(1872‐1940) / 11
5. Changes in the Number of Factory Workers(1886‐1940) / 12
6. Increases in the Adult Population(1888‐1918) / 13
7. Changes in the Number of Farm Households Holding Three or More Cho of Land(1908‐1920) / 15
8. The Age Composition of the Active Agricultural Population(1920‐1960) / 19
9. Persons Formerly Engaged in Agriculture Who Changed Occupations(1937‐1941) / 21
10. The Type of Employment Taken up by Graduates of Primary School and Higher Primary School Before the War(1929‐1938) / 22
11. The Prewar Exodus of the Farm Village Population(1920‐1940) / 24
12. The Former Occupations of the Added Factory Workers in Factories Which Expanded After the Outbreak of World War I and of Factory Workers in Newly Established Factories(1918) / 26
13. The Exodus of Farm Families(1927) / 27
14. The Type of Industry Entered by Primary School Graduates(1929,1936) / 28
15. Changes in Prosperity and the Net Migration of the Farm Population(1920‐1939)-Japan,France,The United States / 32
16. Taeuber's Estimates on the Number of Persons Who Returned to the Villages in the 1920's / 34
17. The Increase in the Farm Population(1920‐1950) / 39
18. Increases and Decreases in the Farm Population Due to Social Conditions(1945‐1954) / 40
19. The Population Engaged in Agriculture and Forestry(1953‐1965) / 42
20. A Comparison of the National Census and the Labor Force Survey(1950‐1960) / 43
21. A Comparison of Various Statistics on the Active Agricultural Population(1950‐1965) / 44
22. The Relationship Between the Economic Growth Rate and the Rate of Decrease in the Active Agricultural Population(1950‐1959) / 49
23. What Happens to Children from Farm Families After Graduation from School(1964) / 52
24. A Comparison of Where School Graduates from Farm Families Become Employed with the National Average(1964) / 54
25. The Type of Employment Taken up by Persons Originating from Industrial Prefectures and from Agricultural Prefectures(1964) / 55
26. The Types of Manufacturing Industry Entered by Persons from Farm Families Compared to the National Average(1964) / 56
27. The Scale of Manufacturing Industries in Which Persons from Farm Families Become Employed Compared to the National Average(1964) / 57
28. Changes of Occupation in the Active Agricultural Population(1958‐1964) / 58
29. An Analysis by Industrial Sector of Persons from Farm Families Who Become Employed and Unemployed(1963) / 59
30. Changes in the Employment of the Farm Population(1958‐1964) / 60
31. The Industries Entered by Persons from Farm Families Who Went out on Dekasegi(1958‐1964) / 62
32. The Age Composition of the Active Agricultural Population(1940‐1964) / 64
33. Changes in the Number of Full‐time and Part‐time Farm Households(1950‐1964) / 65
34. The Household Economy and Producivity of Part‐time Farm Households(1963) / 66
35. Education and Changes in"First‐Year Farmers"(1953‐1965) / 67
36. Movement in the Labor Force Between Sectors(1875‐1940) / 72
37. Farm Households as a Source of Supply for the Labor Force(1964) / 73
38. Changes in the Number of Farm Households by Amount of Cultivated Land(1955‐1965) / 78
Figure. The Wage Gap Between Agriculture and Industry / 75
Appende Table. Changes in the Number of Farm Households by Prefecture(1883‐1920) / 80
