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.
The
household register population refers to citizens in
accordance with the "people's Republic of Household Registration
Ordinance" has been registered permanent residence.
The
resident population refers to the practical living
more than half year of the population.
City,Town and
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 Persons Employed in Various Units refer to the
total number of employees who work at various units and obtain wages or other
forms of payment at the end of the reference period. This indicator is a kind
of time point index and it equals to the sum of the number of employed staff
and workers, labor dispatch personnel and other employed persons. Employed
persons do not include:
1) persons who have
left their working units while keeping their labour
contract (employment relation) unchanged and receiving regular alimony;
2)students who do part-time jobs in spare time and all kinds of enrolled
students who do internship in various units;
3)persons employed due to labor outsourcing;
4)persons who dissolve labor contracts with their units on the last day of
reference period or before.
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 China on the Registration
of Enterprises and Corporation ,state argans,institutions
and social organizations at the central and local levels.
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
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
Wage Bill It is revised according to the “Provision of Composition of Total
Wages” (Order No.1 by National Bureau of Statistics on January, 1st, ,1990),
total wage bill refers to the total remuneration payment to all employed
persons in various units during the reporting period (by quarter or by year),
including hourly-paid wages, piece-rate wages, bonuses, allowance and
subsidies, overtime wages and wages paid under special circumstances. It equals
to the sum of total wages of employed staff and workers, dispatch labors and
other employed persons.
Total wage bill is pre-tax wages, including
the room charges, utility bills, housing funds and social insurance paid or
withheld by employee’s units.
Total wage bill, whether or not included in
cost, whether or not paid in money or in kind, shall be included in the
calculation of total wage.
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 =Total Wage Bill of Empioyed perons
At Reference Time / Average Number of
persons Employed at Reference Time
Average
Wage Indices refers to the ratio of average wage of employed persons the reference
period to that at the base period, which reflects the change of wage of
employed persons at the different period. It is calculated as follows:
Average Wage Indices = Average Wage of
Employed Persons at Reference Time / Average Wage of Persons Employeds at Base Period *100%
Average
Real Wage Indices average real wage of employed persons
refers to the average wage of employed persons after removing the effects of
the price changes and average real wage indices of employed persons refers to
the change of real wage, which reflects the relative increasing or decreasing
level of real wage of employed persons ,which is calculated as follows:
Average Real Wage Indices =Average Wage
Indices of Employed
Persons at the Reference Time / Urban Consumer Price Indices at
Reference Time *100%
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:
