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)．
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．
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.
Total
Wages 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 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 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 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