10-28    Number of Durable Consumer Goods Owned Per 100 Rural Households of National                               
 and 12 Western Provinces (Autonomous Regions, Municipality) at the Year-end  
               
  1995 2000 2001  
Item National 12 Western  National 12 Western  National 12 Western   
  Total Provinces Total Provinces Total Provinces  
               
  Washing Machine              (unit)        16.90 9.50 28.58 18.49 29.94 19.49  
  Electric Fan                       (unit)     88.96 39.15 122.62 64.97 129.42 68.98  
  Refrigerator                       (unit)  5.15 0.92 12.31 4.63 13.59 5.08  
  Air Conditioner                 (unit) 0.18 0.01 1.32 0.09 1.70 0.09  
  Exhaust Fan                      (unit) 0.61 0.08 2.75 0.51 3.15 0.53  
  Bicycle                              (unit)          147.02 125.57 120.48 77.20 120.83 76.01  
  Motorcycle                        (unit) 4.91 2.18 21.94 12.33 24.71 14.26  
  Telephone Set                     (set)             26.38 10.37 34.11 15.29  
  Mobile Telephone               (set)         4.32 1.09 8.06 2.80  
  Hi-Fi Stereo Component System   (unit)   7.76 5.32 8.67 5.87  
  Beep-pager                         (unit)         7.74 3.66 7.07 4.37  
  Black and White TV Set     (unit) 63.81 54.98 52.97 50.86 50.74 48.64  
  Color TV Set                      (unit)     16.92 10.55 48.74 36.60 54.41 42.02  
  Video-recorder                    (unit)   3.30 1.84 3.33 2.03  
  Radio Cassette Player         (unit) 28.25 27.21 21.58 25.14 20.74 24.90  
  Camera                                (set)          1.42 0.64 3.12 1.76 3.23 1.97  
               
 
a) Data of Tibet is not available.