Karyu Chunen Ichi Oku Sohinkon Ka No Yukue (SB Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] The poverty rate among the elderly has actually been improving over the past few years, although "downstream elderly" has become a hot topic in recent years. In fact, the poverty rate among the working-age population has been worsening, which indicates the hardships faced by the generation during the "ice age" of employment, including "middle-aged freeters" who were unwillingly forced to continue working as "non-regular" workers. The lost generation has managed to survive in an unstable employment situation in which they would be fired if the economy worsened. Where should they go now that they have "difficulty in living"?

「下流老人」が話題になる昨今だが、実は高齢者の貧困率はここ数年改善されてきている。むしろ現役世代の貧困率が悪化してきており、それは「中年フリーター」など不本意にも「非正規」を続けざるを得なかった就職氷河期世代の受難をも示している。景気が悪化したらクビという不安定な雇用状況でも何とかしのいできたロスジェネ世代。「生きづらさ」を抱えた彼らは今後どこへ向かえばいいのか?