9-8  Basic Conditions of Urban Households in Eastern, Central, Western and Northeastern Regions (2008)
Item	Eastern	Central	Western	Northeastern
	Region	Region	Region	Region
Number of Households Surveyed   (household)	28418	10989	17268	8000
Average Household Size                       (person)	2.95	2.90	2.92	2.77
Average Number of Employed Persons per
Household                                          (person)	1.53	1.45	1.47	1.37
Percentage of Employment per Household (%)	51.86	50.00	50.34	49.46
Number of Dependents per Employee (including
the employee himself or herself)      (person)	1.93	2.00	1.99	2.02
Per Capita Annual Income                   (yuan)	20965.49	14061.73	13917.01	14162.02
Disposable Income	19203.46	13225.88	12971.18	13119.67
Per Capita Annual Living Expenditure for
Consumption                                      (yuan)	13434.72	9249.02	9604.04	10038.24
Food	4927.98	3596.91	3913.96	3724.71
Clothing	1237.33	1083.59	1087.15	1213.78
Residence	1354.42	976.53	891.77	1167.61
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	834.94	607.25	588.38	503.94
Health Care and Medical Services	860.71	706.30	664.45	897.83
Transport and Communications	1945.53	917.92	1089.89	1039.62
Education, Cultural and Recreation Services	1761.25	1048.30	1035.14	1050.93
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	512.58	312.22	333.30	439.81
Composition of Per Capita Annual Living
Expenditures for Consumption                 (%)
Food	36.68	38.89	40.75	37.11
Clothing	9.21	11.72	11.32	12.09
Residence	10.08	10.56	9.29	11.63
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	6.21	6.57	6.13	5.02
Health Care and Medical Services	6.41	7.64	6.92	8.94
Transport and Communications	14.48	9.92	11.35	10.36
Education, Cultural and Recreation Services	13.11	11.33	10.78	10.47
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	3.82	3.38	3.47	4.38