10-8  Basic Conditions of Urban Households in Eastern, Central, Western and Northeastern Regions (2006)
Item	Eastern	Central	Western	Northeastern
	Region	Region	Region	Region
Number of Households Surveyed   (household)	22876	10949	15019	7250
Average Household Size                       (person)	2.98	2.92	2.97	2.84
Average Number of Employed Persons per	1.60	1.51	1.52	1.40
Household                                          (person)
Percentage of Employment per Household (%)	53.69	51.71	51.18	49.30
Number of Dependents per Employee	1.86	1.93	1.95	2.03
(including the employee himself or herself)
(person)
Per Capita Annual Income                   (yuan)	16380.39	10572.94	10443.01	10489.81
Disposable Income	14967.38	9902.28	9728.45	9830.07
Per Capita Annual Living Expenditure for	10870.49	7260.44	7504.39	7389.83
Consumption                                      (yuan)
Food	3761.92	2703.10	2770.24	2651.22
Clothing	970.11	880.03	818.14	903.12
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	629.04	420.57	460.85	337.41
Health Care and Medical Services	737.53	509.87	513.88	699.79
Transport and Communications	1678.46	787.84	900.74	757.40
Education, Cultural and Recreation Services	1597.07	962.60	1021.43	859.26
Residence	1103.77	763.63	756.42	875.89
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	392.60	232.79	262.70	305.75
Composition of Per Capita Annual Living	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Expenditures for Consumption                 (%)
Food	34.61	37.23	36.91	35.88
Clothing	8.92	12.12	10.90	12.22
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	5.79	5.79	6.14	4.57
Health Care and Medical Services	6.78	7.02	6.85	9.47
Transport and Communications	15.44	10.85	12.00	10.25
Education, Cultural and Recreation Services	14.69	13.26	13.61	11.63
Residence	10.15	10.52	10.08	11.85
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	3.61	3.21	3.50	4.14