2-24  Household Consumption Expenditure
Level in this table are calculated at current prices, while indices are calculated at constant prices.
Year	Level (yuan)			Urban/Rural	Index (Preceding Year=100)			Index (1978=100)
	All			Consumption	All			All
		Rural	Urban	Ratio (Rural		Rural	Urban		Rural	Urban
	Households	Household	Household	Household=1)	Households	Household	Household	Households	Household	Household
1978	184	138	405	2.9	104.1	104.3	103.3	100.0	100.0	100.0
1979	208	159	425	2.7	106.9	106.5	102.8	106.9	106.5	102.8
1980	238	178	489	2.7	109.0	108.4	107.2	116.5	115.4	110.2
1981	264	201	521	2.6	108.3	109.8	104.0	126.2	126.8	114.6
1982	288	223	536	2.4	106.8	109.1	100.7	134.8	138.3	115.4
1983	316	250	558	2.2	108.1	110.6	102.1	145.8	153.1	117.9
1984	361	287	618	2.2	112.0	112.9	107.9	163.2	172.8	127.2
1985	446	349	765	2.2	113.5	113.3	111.1	185.2	195.7	141.3
1986	497	378	872	2.3	104.7	102.3	106.7	194.0	200.3	150.8
1987	565	421	998	2.4	106.0	104.9	105.6	205.5	210.0	159.3
1988	714	509	1311	2.6	107.8	105.2	109.7	221.5	221.0	174.7
1989	788	549	1466	2.7	99.8	98.3	100.7	221.0	217.2	176.0
1990	833	560	1596	2.9	103.7	99.2	108.5	229.2	215.4	190.9
1991	932	602	1840	3.1	108.6	105.4	110.7	249.0	227.1	211.4
1992	1116	688	2262	3.3	113.3	108.5	116.1	282.0	246.5	245.3
1993	1393	805	2924	3.6	108.4	104.3	110.4	305.8	257.1	270.8
1994	1833	1038	3852	3.7	104.6	103.1	104.4	320.0	265.0	282.8
1995	2355	1313	4931	3.8	107.8	106.8	107.2	345.1	282.9	303.2
1996	2789	1626	5532	3.4	109.4	114.5	103.4	377.6	323.8	313.6
1997	3002	1722	5823	3.4	104.5	103.1	102.2	394.6	334.0	320.4
1998	3159	1730	6109	3.5	105.9	101.2	105.9	417.8	338.1	339.2
1999	3346	1766	6405	3.6	108.3	105.1	107.0	452.3	355.3	363.0
2000	3632	1860	6850	3.7	108.6	104.5	107.8	491.0	371.3	391.1
2001	3869	1969	7113	3.6	105.7	104.5	103.2	518.8	388.0	403.6
2002	4106	2062	7387	3.6	106.5	105.2	104.2	552.5	408.1	420.5
2003	4411	2103	7901	3.8	106.5	100.3	106.3	588.5	409.5	447.2
2004	4925	2301	8679	3.8	107.4	103.4	106.4	632.3	423.5	475.7
2005	5463	2560	9410	3.7	107.9	107.6	105.7	682.3	455.7	502.8
2006	6138	2847	10423	3.6	109.6	108.4	108.1	747.8	494.0	543.5
2007	7103	3265	11904	3.6	110.2	108.0	109.2	824.1	533.5	593.5
2008	8183	3756	13526	3.6	109.0	107.3	108.0	898.3	572.5	641.0
a) The effect of price differentials between urban and rural areas has not been removed in the calculation of the urban/rural consumption ratio. The same applies to the table following.
b) Household consumption level refers to per capita household consumption on the basis of usual residents. The same applies to the table following.