Explanatory
Notes on Main Statistical Indicators
Total
Population refers to the
total number of people alive at a certain point of time within a given area.
The annual
statistics on total population is taken at midnight,the 3lst of December.
City,Town and
There are two
definitions.The first definition (according to the administrative
organizational system):
City
Population: Total
population under the jurisdiction of City (including population of the town
under the jurisdiction of City. excluding the population of counties under the
jurisdiction of City).
Town
Population: Total
population of town under the jurisdiction of County (excluding the population
of town under the jurisdiction of City).
The second
definition (classified by the permanent population):
City
Population: Total
population of districts under the jurisdiction of City with district
establishment and the population of street under the jurisdiction of City
without district establishment.
Town
Population: Total
resident-committees population of towns under the jurisdiction of City without
district establishment and the resident-committees population of towns under
the jurisdiction of County.
Birth Rate( or
Crude Birth Rate) refers
to the ratio of the number of births to the average population during a certain
period of time(usually a year) which is often expressed in‰. The following formula is used:
Brith Rate=
Number of Births/Annual Average Number of Population
Number of births
refers to live births i.e. the births when babies had showed any vital
phenomena regardless of the length of pregnancy.
Annual average
number of population is the average of the number of population at the
beginning of the year and that at the end of the year. Sometimes it is
substituted for with the mid year population.
Death Rate(or
Crude Death Rate) refers
to the ratio of the number of deaths to the average population (or mid year
population) during a certain period of time (usually a year) which is often
expressed in‰. The
following formula is used:
Death Rate
=Number of Deaths/ Annual Average Number of Population
Natural Growth
Rate of Population refers
to the ratio of natural increase in population(number of births minus number of
deaths)in a certain period of time(usually a year)to the average population(or
mid year population)of the same period which is often expressed in‰. The following formula is applied:
Natural Growth
Rate of Population= Number of Births-Number of Deaths / Average Number of
Population
Natural Growth
Rate of Population=Birth Rate-Death Rate
Employed
Population refers to
population aged 15 or over engaging in social labour which generates income.
Unemployed
Population refers to
population aged 15 or over not engaging in any social labour which generates
income, including students enrolled in schools, house wives,students waiting
for entering schools with higher level, urban job seekers, retirees, job quitters, disabled, etc.
Economically
Active Population refers
to the population aged 16 and over who are capable to work, are participating
in or willing to participate in economic activities, including employed persons
and unemployed persons.
Persons
Employed in Various Units refer
to all the persons working in government agencies of various levels，
political and party organizations，
social organizations，enterprises
and institutions, and receiving wages or other forms of payment. They include fully-employed
staff and workers， re-employed retirees，
teachers in schools run by the local people，foreigners and Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong，
Macao，and Taiwan working in various units,
part-time employees, employees of other units working temporarily at current
posts, and employees holding the second job, but exclude staff and workers who
have left their working units while keeping their labour contract (employment
relation) unchanged．This indicator reflects the total number of
laborers actually engaged in production or other operations in various units.
Persons
Employed in Private Enterprises and Self-Employed Individuals in Urban Areas Persons employed in private enterprises refer to the
persons employed in the private enterprises which have been registered at the
departments of industrial and commercial administration and are situated at a
County town (i.e. a town where the County government is located) for business
operation or at urban areas with the level higher than a County town. The
self-employed individuals in urban areas refer to persons who hold the
certificates of residence in urban areas or have resided in the urban areas for
a long time and have been registered at the departments of industrial and
commercial administration and approved to be engaged in individual industrial
or commercial business, including self-employed persons as well as helpers and
hired labourers who work in the individual households engaged in industrial or
commercial business.
Registered
Urban Unemployed Persons The
registered unemployed persons in urban areas refer to the persons who are
registered as permanent residents in the urban areas engaged in
non-agricultural activities, aged within the range of working age, capable to
labour, unemployed but desirous to be employed and have been registered at the
local employment service agencies to apply for a job.
Registered Urban
Unemployment Rate Registered
unemployment rate in urban areas refers to the ratio of the number of the
registered unemployed persons to the sum of the number of employed persons and
the registered unemployed persons . The formula is as follows:
Registered urban unemployment
rate = number of registered urban unemployed persons/(number of urban employed
persons + number of registered urban unemployed persons) ×100%
Staff and Workers refer to the persons who work in(and receive
payment therefrom)enterprises and institutions of state ownership，
collective ownership， joint
ownership， share holding，
foreign ownership， and
ownership by entrepreneurs from Hong Kong， Macao，
and Taiwan， and
other types of ownership and their affiliated units，excluding the retired persons invited to work in the
units again, teachers in the schools run by the local people and foreigners and
persons coming from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and working in the state-owned
economic units. (Number of staff and workers in this yearbook include only
fully employed staff and workers, excluding those who have left their working
units while keeping their labour contract/employment relation unchanged)．
Fully Employed
Staff and Workers refer to persons
who work in, and receive wages from their working units, as well as persons who
have their work posts, but are temporarily absent from work for reasons of
study or on sick, injury or maternal leave and still receive wages from their
working units.
Staff and
Workers in State-owned Economic Units refer to the persons who work in the state-owned
economic units or their attached units and are listed in their payrolls.
Staff and
Workers of Collective Owned Units in Urban Areas refer to the persons who work in collective owned units
in urban areas and their administration departments and receive payment therefrom．
Staff and
Workers in Units of Other Types of Ownership refer to those who work in(and receive payment therefrom)enterprises
and institutions of joint ownership， share
holding， foreign ownership，
and ownership by entrepreneurs from Hong Kong，
Macao， and Taiwan．
Total Wages of
Staff and Workers refer to the total remuneration payment to
staff and workers in various units during a certain period of time．The calculation of total wages is based on the total remuneration
payment to the staff and workers. Therefore， all
the wages and salaries and other payments to staff and workers are included in
the total wages regardless of their sources，
category， and
forms (in kind or cash)．(Total wages of staff and workers in this
yearbook include only total wages of fully employed staff and workers,
excluding the living allowances distributed to those who have left their
working units while keeping their labour contract/employment relation
unchanged)．
Bonus refers to remuneration payment to workers for
extra work and for increasing earnings and practicing economy．
Subsidies and Allowances refer to subsidies paid to staff and workers for compensating
special or extra labour and allowances paid to staff and workers to offset the impact
of inflation on real wages．
Average Wage of Staff and Workers refers to the average wage in money terms
per person during a certain period of time for staff and workers in
enterprises, institutions, and government agencies, which reflects the general
level of wage income during a certain period of time and is calculated as
follows:
Average Wage of Staff and
Workers =Total Wages of Staff and Workers in Reference Period/Average Number of
Staff and Workers in Reference Period
Index
of Average Wage of Staff and Worker refers to the ratio of average wage of staff and
workers at the report time to that at the reference time. It reflects the
relative changing degree of average wage in money terms at the various of time,
which is calculated as following:
Index of Average Wage of Staff and Worker =
average wage of staff and workers at the report time/average wage of staff and
workers at the reference time
Index
of Average Real Wage of Staff and Worker refers to the average wage which has removed the
factor of price change. Index of
average real wage of staff and worker reflects the relative changing degree of
average real wage, and indicates the degree of the rising or declining degree
of real wage of staff and worker, which is calculated as following:
Index of Average
Real Wage of Staff and Worker = Index of Average Wage of Staff and Worker at
the Report Time/Urban consumer prices index at the report
time