8-16  Number of Durable Consumer Goods Owned by Per-100 Rural Households in Main Years
( Sampled Survey)
Item 1985 1990 1995 2000 2003
Washing Machine (set) 2.1 12.58 16.39 20.87 24.9
Electric Fan (set) 0.78 3.47 7.1 11.6 16.06
Refrigerator (set) 0.4 2.26 9.93 14.19
Air Conditioner (set) 0.06
Vaccum Cleaner (set) 0.13 1.13 1.42
Bicycle 68.55 111.21 151.29 136.6 120.06
Motorcycle 0.31 1.37 4.9 18.33 27.48
Telephone (set) 15.07 25.94
Mobile Telephone (set) 0.33 10.19
Hi-Fi Stereo Compound System (set) 8.27 3.29
Beep-pager (set) 1.6 2.13
Black and White TV (set) 10 28.79 55.03 59.33 53.55
Color TV (set) 0.73 5.16 14.39 31.87 45.68
Video-recorder (set) 0.58 1.4 8.97
Radio Cassette Player (set) 2.29 31.77 48.97 54.87 58.52
Camera (set)   0.73 1.16 2.2 2.45