9-5 BASIC INDICATORS OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS

FROM SAMPLE SURVEY

                                                                                                             

Item

1985

1990

1993

1994

1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

Households Surveyed (households)

24338

35660

35390

34940

35520

Average Persons per Household (persons)

3.89

3.50

3.31

3.28

3.23

Average Employees per Household (persons)

2.15

1.98

1.92

1.88

1.87

Percentage of Employment per Household()

55.27

56.57

58.00

57.32

57.68

Persons Supported by Each Employee

(including the employee himself) (persons) 

1.81

1.77

1.72

1.74

1.73

Annual Income Per Capita (yuan)

748.92

1522.79

2583.16

3502.31

4288.09

# Per Capita Income Available for Living

685.32

1387.27

2336.54

3179.15

3892.94

Wages of Staff in State-Owned Units

455.88

857.59

1548.53

2112.70

2590.03

Wages of Staff in Collective-Owned Units

113.52

170.39

230.24

314.26

400.40

Other Income of Staff

44.88

99.11

178.51

219.64

228.67

Income of Individual Laborers

10.20

18.71

40.67

61.63

90.60

Reemployment Income of Retirees

4.56

15.51

26.82

34.18

42.86

Income of Other Employees

1.95

3.79

4.81

7.01

8.44

Part-Time Income

12.36

22.61

53.57

70.86

96.91

Interest, Dividends and Rent

3.74

15.60

45.80

68.84

90.43

Pensions, Subsidies, Donations and Other

65.88

250.01

325.75

474.34

587.61

Special Income

35.95

69.46

108.08

138.84

152.14

Annual Living Expenditures Per Capita (yuan)

673.20

1278.89

2110.81

2851.34

3537.57

#Food

351.72

693.77

1058.20

1422.49

1766.02

Clothing

98.04

170.90

300.61

390.38

479.20

Household Facilities, Articles and Service

57.87

108.45

184.96

251.42

296.94

Medicine and Medical Service

16.71

25.67

56.89

82.89

110.11

Transportation and Communications

14.39

40.51

80.63

132.68

171.01

Recreation, Education and Cultural Service

55.01

112.26

194.01

250.75

312.71

Residence

32.23

60.86

140.01

193.16

250.18

Miscellaneous Commodities and Services

47.23

66.57

95.50

127.56

151.39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) Figures for this table to 9-25 are from sample survey of city staff and workers households.

 

b) Disposable income refers to the actual income of the surveyed households available for daily life,

excluding financial support and gifts to others, and allowances received for help in compiling the survey.