J-Explanatory Notes
on Main Statistical Indicators |
Total Income of
Urban Households refers to the total actual income of the sample households, including regular or fixed income
and occasional income. The income of a circulating nature such as withdrawal
from bank deposits, loans borrowed from relatives or friends, repayment of
loans received and various temporary collection of money is excluded. |
Disposable
Income of Urban Households refers to the income
of the sample households which can be used for daily expenses, i.e.. total income minus income
tax, property tax and other current transfers. |
Expenditure
for Consumption of Urban Households refers to total
expenditure of the sample households for consumption in daily life, including
expenditure for various commodities and expenses for non-commodity items such
as culture and service, etc. , but excluding fines
and confiscation, loss, tax
payments (such as income tax, license tax, real estates tax, etc.) and various expenses by
individual laborers for business purposes. |
Expenditure
for Purchases of Commodities of Urban Households refers to total
expenses of the sample households for the purchases of commodities, for their
own use or as gifts to relatives and friends, from shops,
factories, catering trade, canteens, markets and
from the peasants. Such expenditure is classified into eight categories:food, clothing, household appliances
and services, health care and medical services, transport and communications,
recreation, education and
cultural services, housing, miscellaneous
goods and services. |
Net
Income of Rural Households refers to the total
income of the permanent residents of the rural households during a year after
the deduction of the expenses for productive and non-productive business
operation, the payment for taxes and the payment for collective units for
their contracted tasks, which can then be spent for investments in productive
and non-productive construction, for consumption in daily life and for savings deposit.
It is a comprehensive indicator to show the actual level of the income of the
peasants household. The net income of the rural
households includes not only the income from the productive and
non-productive business operation, but also the income from the non-business
operation, such as the money remitted or brought back by the members of the
household who are in other places, the government relief payment and various
subsidies. It includes not only the money income, but also the income in
kind. But the income from borrowing from banks, friends and relatives is
excluded. |
Expenditure
of Rural Households for Consumption refers to total
expenses of rural households on daily life, including expenses on food, clothing, housing, fuel, articles
for daily use, and expenses on cultural life and services. This indicator is
used to show the actual consumption level of peasants. |
The
Savings Deposits of Urban and Rural Residents refers to the total value
of savings deposits of urban and rural households in banks and rural credit
cooperatives at a given point of time, including the savings deposit of urban
residents and the savings deposit of rural residents. The cash in hand by
residents and the deposits of organizations such as enterprises, military units, government agencies, institutions, etc. are not
included. |