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Title	2013 Statistics on Returned Farmers and Migrators to Rural Regions
Date	2014-03-27
□ Statistics on Returned Farmers     - In 2013, the number of returned farmer households was 10,923 households. The number of family members for        returned farmer households was 18,825 persons.     - The male and female returned farmer household heads occupied 70.6 percent and 29.4 percent, respectively.        The average age of returned farmer household heads was 53.1 years.     - The average number of family members for returned farmer households was 1.72 persons. One-person returned        farmer households occupied 57.8 percent of the total returned farmer households.     - As for returned farmer households by place of residence prior to the return, Gyeonggi showed the highest figure,        which was followed by Seoul, Busan, Daegu and Gyeongnam. As for returned farmer households by place of        residence prior to the return, Seoul Capital Area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon) occupied 47.6 percent of the total        returned farmer households.     - 87.5 percent of returned farmer households formed their new households separately. In the meantime,        12.5 percent of returned farmer households were incorporated into existing households.     - The average cultivated area of returned farmer households was 0.46ha. The share of households renting agricultural        area was 44.3 percent of the total returned farmer households.     - Returned farmer households mainly cultivated vegetables and fruits. Returned farmer households mainly raised        Korean native beef cattle and chickens.   □ Statistics on Migrators to Rural Regions     - In 2013, the number of migration households to rural regions was 21,501 households. The number of family        members for migration households to rural regions was 37,442 persons.     - As for migration households to rural regions, households heads in their fifties amounted to 6,131 persons, which        occupied 28.5 percent.     - One-person and two-person migration households to rural regions occupied 79.5 percent of the total migration        households to rural regions.     - As for migration households to rural regions by place of residence prior to the migration, Gyeonggi showed the        highest figure, which was followed by Seoul and Chungbuk.   ※ For more information, refer to the attached file
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