13-3  Basic Conditions of Rural Grass-root Unit
Year	Number of						Male	Female
	Township		Number of	Number of	Rural	Number of
	and Town	Town	Villagers'	Households	Population	Rural Laborers
	Governments	Governments	Committees	(10 000	(10 000	(10 000
	(unit)		(unit)	households)	persons)	persons)
1978	52781		690388	17347.0	80320.0	30637.8	16548.4	14089.6
1980	54183		709820	17673.0	81096.0	31835.9	17379.7	14456.2
1985	72153	7956	940617	19077.0	84419.7	37065.1	20153.2	16911.9
1990	55838	11392	743278	22237.0	89590.3	42009.5	22551.8	19457.7
1991	55542	11882	804153	22566.0	90525.1	43092.5	23121.9	19970.6
1992	48250	14135	806032	22849.0	91154.4	43801.6	23449.9	20351.7
1993	48179	15223	802352	22984.0	91333.5	44255.7	23653.1	20602.6
1994	48075	16433	802052	23165.0	91526.2	44654.1	23854.1	20800.0
1995	47136	17282	740150	23282.0	91674.6	45041.8	24037.4	21004.4
1996	45484	17998	740128	23437.6	91941.0	45288.0	24154.9	21133.1
1997	44689	18402	739447	23406.2	91524.7	46234.3	24633.4	21600.9
1998	45462	19060	739980	23678.0	91960.1	46432.3	24733.1	21699.2
1999	44741	19184	737429	23810.5	92216.3	46896.5	24995.7	21900.8
2000	43735	19692	734715	24148.7	92819.7	47962.1	25517.8	22444.3
2001	40161	19555	709257	24432.2	93382.9	48228.9	25685.4	22543.5
2002	39054	19811	694515	24569.4	93502.5	48526.9	25850.1	22676.7
2003	38028	19588	678589	24793.1	93750.6	48971.0	26121.0	22850.0
2004	36952	19171	652718	24971.4	94253.7	49695.3	26525.8	23169.5
2005	35509	18888	640139	25222.6	94907.5	50387.3	26930.6	23456.7
a) Total rural population refers to persons residing and registered in rural areas. This indicator is calculated on the basis of the town classification
standard of 1964 which includes rural population in what are now established towns. Therefore, the statistical coverage in the table is larger than
the rural population shown in Chapter 4.