According to a prepared press document which reports on the differences in the situation between Osaka and Tokyo; the results of the Osaka survey show that it is not just young people in their twenties, but that the peak is in people in their thirties and extends even to people in their fifties. As for educational background, even for people in their twenties and thirties most had graduated middle-school or highschool. Unlike in Tokyo, it has been speculated that the reason that people in their fifties are not the most prevalent is that "a set number of unemployed people in their fifties from the Kamagasaki area and the Hanba area are absorbed as daily construction workers.

Moreover, quite removed from the impression given by those reported on in the "Net Cafe Refugees"; most are not long-term day/temporary laborers or long-term stayers but "only stay a few weeks or months" and "cannot stand being there for such a long time." The Osaka survey states that as for the type of employment, there are already many unemployed people and it should be looked at as not only concerning the problem of temporary day-labor but also within the context of "problems of instability in employment, unemployment, and poor employment conditions."

Also, it has been pointed out that those staying at Net Cafes who are "already unemployed" are staying there for a comparatively short time before moving out to "sleep outside" and that the view that net cafes are a sort of "temporary way station" for people who will become homeless is important. Furthermore, it has also been pointed out that people who stay at fast food restaurants or parks during the night (a half-homeless class of people) do, indeed exist, and this class might possibly-and quite soon- become a class of people constantly living outdoors.
The reasons for loss of housing were varied: "retirement, withdrawal from company dorms after loss of job were common ones, as well as delinquency in payment of rent after loss of work, family relationships, and reasons connected to working conditions." In the case of familial relationships it was not likely that the relationships would improve. Also added to this was that "once one had become irregularly employed or had become a daily temporary worker, this unstable employment pattern repeated and it is difficult to extricate oneself from it." Therefore, it has been concluded that "if left in the present state, these people will age and their health deteriorate and will become homeless even faster than the norm for people who are at present homeless."
Of the people who are staying at net cafes "there are some who are in need of immediate attention" and even in the Osaka survey it states that "six of the individuals who participated in the survey were counseled on finding work and four were given support in finding work. Four others were counseled on welfare as well as given support." One can realize the gravity of the situation from this statement.
With the results of this survey, one can see that "the differences between Tokyo and Osaka, the differences in age groups, and the differences between net cafes and places where one can stay easily" and such are "a different expression" of this so-called Net Cafe Problem; "irregular employment and an increase in poor working conditions throughout society are at the root" and that it "is a result of unstabilization of housing conditions." It is a situation in which it is either an extension of homelessness or it is the breakdown of a barrier on the road to homelessness" and "will eventually cease to appear as a part of the homeless problem", the report warns.