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
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.
Employed
Population refers to population aged 15 or over engaging in social labour which generates income.
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.
State-owned
Units refer to economic units whose assets are owned by the state. Included are
non-corporation units registered according to Regulation of the People’s
Republic of
Collective-owned
Units refer to economic units registered according to Regulation of the
People’s Republic of
Units
of Other Types of Ownership refer to units registered with other
types of ownership,including cooperative units,joint ownership units,limited
companies,share holding corporation,units
invested by entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Macao,and Taiwan,and foreign-invested 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.
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)．
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)．
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
Registered
Unemployed Persons in Urban Areas refer to the persons with
non-agricultural household registration at certain working ages (16 years old
to retirement age), who are capable of working, unemployed and willing to work,
and have been registered at the local employment service agencies to apply for
a job.
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 persons employed in
various units (minus the employed rural labour force,
re-employed retirees, and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan or foreign employees),
laid-off staff and workers in urban units, owners of private enterprises in
urban areas, owners of self-employed individuals in urban areas, employees of
private enterprises in urban areas, employee of self-employed individuals in
urban areas, and the registered unemployed persons in urban areas. The formula
is as follows:
