| 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 | ||