15-43 LEVEL OF POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

Item

1995

1996

1997

1998

National level

 

 

 

 

Annual Average Number of Letters Mailed per Capita

6.61

6.62

5.56

5.27

Annual Average Number of Newspaper and Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons

17.96

17.6

17.69

18.42

Number of Telephone Sets Owned per 100 Persons

4.66

6.33

8.11

10.53

Rural Level

 

 

 

 

Percentage of Townships with Post and Telecommunications Offices

78.1

78.2

78.7

77.6

Percentage of Townships with Telephone Communication

96.5

95.7

89.2

92.9

Percentage of Townships with Connected Autoexchange Net of Long Distance Call

55.1

71.2

81.7

87.5