Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators

Total Income of Urban Households refers to the total actual income of the sample households,including regular or fixed income and occasional income. The income of a circulating nature such as withdrawal from bank deposits, loans borrowed from relatives or friends,repayment of loans received and various temporary collection of money is excluded.

Disposable Income of Urban Households refers to the income of the sample households which can be used for daily expenses,i.e.. total income minus income tax,property tax and other current transfers.

Expenditure for Consumption of Urban Households refers to total expenditure of the sample households for consumption in daily life,including expenditure for various commodities and expenses for non-commodity items such as culture and service, etc. ,but excluding fines and confiscation, loss, tax payments (such as income tax, license tax,real estates tax,etc.) and various expenses by individual laborers for business purposes.

Expenditure for Purchases of Commodities of Urban Households refers to total expenses of the sample households for the purchases of commodities, for their own use or as gifts to relatives and friends, from shops, factories,catering trade, canteens, markets and from the peasants. Such expenditure is classified into eight categories:food, clothing, household appliances and services, health care and medical services, transport and communications, recreation, education and cultural services, housing, miscellaneous goods and services.

Net Income of Rural Households refers to the total income of the permanent residents of the rural households during a year after the deduction of the expenses for productive and non-productive business operation, the payment for taxes and the payment for collective units for their contracted tasks, which can then be spent for investments in productive and non-productive construction, for consumption in daily life and for savings deposit. It is a comprehensive indicator to show the actual level of the income of the peasants household. The net income of the rural households includes not only the income from the productive and non-productive business operation, but also the income from the non-business operation, such as the money remitted or brought back by the members of the household who are in other places, the government relief payment and various subsidies. It includes not only the money income, but also the income in kind. But the income from borrowing from banks, friends and relatives is excluded.

Expenditure of Rural Households for Consumption refers to total expenses of rural households on daily life,including expenses on food, clothing, housing, fuel, articles for daily use,and expenses on cultural life and services. This indicator is used to show the actual consumption level of peasants.

The Savings Deposits of Urban and Rural Residents refers to the total value of savings deposits of urban and rural households in banks and rural credit cooperatives at a given point of time, including the savings deposit of urban residents and the savings deposit of rural residents. The cash in hand by residents and the deposits of organizations such as enterprises, military units, government agencies, institutions, etc. are not included.