10-4 Basic Conditions of Urban Households

 

Item

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Households Surveyed (household)

24338

35660

35520

36370

37890

Average Household Size (person)

3.89

3.50

3.23

3.20

3.19

Average Number of Employed Persons per Household (persons)

2.15

1.98

1.87

1.86

1.83

Percentage of Employment per Household

55.27

56.57

57.89

58.13

57.41

Number of Persons Supported by Each Employee including the employee himself or herself (person)

1.81

1.77

1.73

1.72

1.74

Per Capita Annual Income (yuan)

748.92

1522.79

4288.09

4844.78

5188.54

# Disposable Income

739.08

1510.16

4283.00

4838.90

5160.32

Wages of Staff & Workers in State-owned Units

455.88

857.59

2590.03

2899.34

3221.49

Wages of Staff and Workers in Collective Owned Units and Units of Other Type of Ownership

113.52

170.39

400.40

450.14

514.21

Other Income of Staff and Workers from Their Working Units

44.88

99.11

228.67

262.10

 

Income of Individual Laborers

10.20

18.71

90.60

115.92

168.17

Income of Reemployed Retirees

4.56

15.51

42.86

47.23

50.70

Income of Other Employees

1.95

3.79

8.44

9.59

11.73

Part-time Income

12.36

22.61

96.91

116.37

142.93

Property Income

3.74

15.60

90.43

111.98

124.39

Transfer Income

65.88

250.01

587.61

660.42

756.86

Special Income

35.95

69.46

152.14

171.68

198.06

Per Capita Annual Living Expenditures for Consumption (yuan)

673.20

1278.89

3537.57

3919.47

4185.64

# Food

351.72

693.77

1766.02

1904.71

1942.59

Clothing

98.04

170.90

479.20

527.95

520.91

Household Facilities, Articles and Service

57.87

108.45

296.94

298.15

316.89

Medicine and Medical Service

16.71

25.67

110.11

143.28

179.68

Transportation and Communications

14.39

40.51

171.01

199.12

232.90

Recreation, Education & Cultural Service

55.01

112.26

312.71

374.95

448.38

Residence

32.23

60.86

250.18

300.85

358.64

Miscellaneous Commodities and Services

47.23

66.57

151.39

170.45

185.65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a)         Data in Tables 5 to 14 are obtained from the sample survey on income and expenditures of urban households.

b)        From 1997, other income of staff and workers from their working units was canceled and its value had been divided in the wages of staff and workers in state-owned units or in collective owned units.