Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators
I.
Urban Households
Population
of Urban Households refer to members of households
living and sharing economically together in the urban areas. All the income and
expenditure of all the members of such households are included in the income
and expenditure of the household.
Proportion
of Urban Employment refers to the proportion of
employed population to the population of urban households.
Number
of Dependents per Urban Employee refers to the ratio between number of persons in an urban household and
the number of employed persons.
Total
Income of Urban Households refers to the sum of wage income; net business income; income from
properties; and income from transfers of members of the households. Income from
selling of properties and income from borrowing are not included.
Disposable
Income of Urban Households refers to the actual income at the disposal of members of the households
which can be used for final consumption, other non-compulsory expenditure and
savings. This equals to total income minus income tax, personal contribution to
social security and subsidy for keeping diaries in being a sample household.
The following formula is used:
Disposable Income of Urban Households= total
household income - income tax - personal contribution to social security -
subsidy for keeping diaries for a sampled household
Total
Expenditure of Urban Households refers to all actual expenditure of households except expenditure on
lending. It includes cash expenditure; property expenditure, transfer
expenditure, social insurance expenditure and expenditure on house purchasing
or house building.
Consumption
Expenditure of Urban Households in Cash refers to total cash expenditure of households for consumption in daily
life, including expenditure on the
eight categories of food; clothing; housing; household appliances; transport
and communications; education; cultural
and recreational activities and medical care.
Consumption
Expenditure of Urban Households on Services refers to non-commodity service
expenditure of households on various kinds of cultural and living activities
provided by society.
Urban
Households by Income Group All households in the sample are
grouped by per capita disposable income of the household, into groups of lowest
income, low income, lower middle income, middle income, upper middle income,
high income and highest income, each group consisting of 10%, 10%, 20%, 20%,
20%, 10% and 10% of all households respectively. The lowest 5% of households
are also referred to as poor households.
Engel’s
Coefficient refers to the percentage of expenditure
on food to the total consumption in cash, using the following formula:
II.
Rural Household
Total
Income
refers to the sum of income earned from various sources by the rural
households and their members during the reference period, and is classified as
income from wages and salaries, income from household operations, income from
properties and income from transfers.
Income
from Wages and Salaries refers to income from labour earned by the
members of rural households employed by other units or individuals.
Income
from Household Operations refers to income by the rural households as units of production and
operation. Operations by rural households are classified according to their
economic activities namely agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery,
manufacturing, construction, transportation, post and telecommunications,
wholesale, retail and catering, social service, culture, education, health, and
other household operations.
Income
from Properties refers to the income received as returns by owners of financial assets or
tangible non-productive assets by providing capitals or tangible non-productive
assets to other institutional units.
Income
from Transfers refers to the receipt by rural households and their members of goods,
services, capital or rights of assets without giving or repaying accordingly,
excluding capital provided to them for the formation of fixed assets. In
general, it refers to all income received by rural households through
redistribution.
Cash Income refers to income received by rural households and their members in the
form of cash during the reference period. It is classified, by source of
income, into income from wages and salaries, cash income from household
operations, income from properties and income from transfers.
Net
Income refers to the total income of rural
households from all sources minus all corresponding expenses. The formula for
calculation is as follows:
Net income of rural households = total
income - household operation expenses - taxes and fees-depreciation of fixed
assets for production - gifts to rural relatives.
Net income is mainly used as input for
reinvestment in production and as consumption expenditure of the year, and also
used for savings and non-compulsory expenses of various forms. "Per capita
net income of farmers" is the level of net income averaged by population,
reflecting the average income level of rural population in a given area.
Total
Expenditure refers to total expenses of rural households on production, consumption
and redistribution, including expenditure on household operations; purchase of
productive fixed assets; taxes and fees; consumption expenditure; expenses on
properties; and expenses on transfers.
Ш. Social Insurance
Basic
Pension Insurance
1.
Number of staff and workers covered refer to staff
and workers participating in the basic pension insurance programme
according to national laws, regulations and related policies at the end of the
reference period, who have already had payment records
in social security management agencies, including those who have interrupt
payment without terminating the insurance programme.
Those who have registered in the programme but with
no payment records are not included.
2.
Number of retirees participating in the basic pension insurance programme refer
to the number of retirees participating in basic pension insurance programmes by the end of the reference period.
3.Revenue
of the basic pension insurance programme refers to payments made by employers and individuals participating
in the pension insurance programme in accordance with
the basis and proportion stipulated in State regulations, and income from other
sources that become source of pension insurance fund, including the premium
paid by employers and staff and workers, interest income, subsidies from higher
level agencies, income as transfer from subordinate agencies, transferred income,
government financial subsidies and other income.
4.Expenditure
of basic pension insurance programme refer to payment made on pensions and funeral subsidies to those
retired and resigned people covered in pension insurance programmes
according to related national policies on scope and standard of expenditure.
Also included are expenditure which arises due to
shift of the insurance relationship or adjustment of funds among agencies. More
specifically, included are pensions
for resigned people, pensions for retired people, pension for people quitting
jobs, various subsidies, medical fees, funeral subsidies, compensation
payments, management fees for social security agencies, expenses on subsidies
to lower subordinates, expenses as transfer to agencies at higher level,
transferred expenditure and other expenditure.
5.Balance of basic pension insurance programme refers to the balance of basic pension insurance funds at the end
of the reference period after deducting expenses from revenue.
Basic
Medical Care Insurance
1.Number of people participating in the insurance programme refers to people participating in the basic medical care insurance programme according to related regulations at the end of
the reference period.
2.Revenue of the insurance programme refers to payments made by employers and individuals participating
in the medical care insurance programme in accordance
with the basis and proportion stipulated in State regulations, and income from
other sources that become source of medical insurance fund, including income
paid by units, individual paid income, financial assistance’s income (including
individual income from medicaid), financial
subsidies’ income, interest income and other income.
3.Expenditure
of the insurance programme refers to payment made to people covered in basic medical care
insurance programme within the scope and standards of
expenditure according to related national policies, and medical care payment
and other expenses, including medical expenses of hospital inpatients, medical
expenses for outpatients and emergency patients, payment from individual
accounts and other expenditure.
4.Balance of the basic medical care insurance programme refers to the balance of medical care insurance funds at the end of
the reference period.
Unemployment
Insurance
1.
Number of people covered refers to staff and
workers in urban enterprises or institutions who have participated in the
unemployment insurance programme according to
relevant policies and regulations, and other people who have participated
according to local government regulations at the end of the reference period.
2.
Revenue of the unemployment insurance programme refers to the total unemployment insurance funds raised in the
reference period, including unemployment insurance premium, interest income,
financial subsidies, other income, transferred income, subsidies from higher
level agencies and income as transfer from subordinate agencies.
3.Expenditure of the unemployment insurance programme refers to total expenses during the reference period to guarantee
the basic livelihood of unemployed people, and to encourage their
re-employment. Included are unemployment relief, medical fees, funeral
subsidies, compensation payments, training expenses, management fees for
unemployment insurance agencies, subsidies to lower level agencies, expenses as transfer to higher level agencies, transferred
expenditure and other expenditure.
4.Balance of the unemployment insurance programme refers to the balance of revenue of the programme
after deducting expenses at the end of the reference period.
Work
Injury Insurance
1.Number of people covered refers to staff and
workers who have participated in the work injury insurance programme
and number of employees in private business according to relevant national
regulations at the end of the reference period.
2.Number of beneficiaries refers to number of
people benefited from work injury insurance, as a result of work injury or
occupational disease. It is the sum
of beneficiaries from the work injury medical treatment without rating,
disabilities and deaths at work places.
3.Revenue of the work injury insurance programme refers to payments made by employers participating in the work
injury insurance programme in accordance with the
basis and proportion stipulated in State regulations, and income from other
sources that become source of work injury insurance fund, including income of
social comprehensive funds paid by employers, government financial subsidies,
interest income and other income.
4.
Expenditure of the work injury insurance programme refers to payments made from work injury insurance funds to those
who participated in the work injury insurance programme
and their direct dependents within the scope and standards of expenditure
according to related national policies, and other expenditure, including
medical fees for work injury, injury and disability subsidies, death subsidies,
nursing fees, funeral subsidies, injury prevention fees, occupational
rehabilitation fees and other expenditure.
5.Balance of the work injury insurance programme refers to the balance of the work injury funds at the end of the
reference period.
Maternity
Insurance
1.Number of people covered refers to people who
have participated in the maternity insurance programme
according to relevant regulation at the end of the reference period.
2.Revenue of maternity insurance refers to
payments made by employers participating in the maternity insurance programme in accordance with the basis and proportion
stipulated in State regulations, and income from other sources that become
source of maternity insurance fund, including income of funds paid by
employers, interest income and other income.
3.Expenditure of the maternity insurance programme refers to payments made from maternity insurance funds to staff and
workers who participate in the maternity insurance programme
within the scope and standards of expenditure in accordance with related
national policies, expenses paid for pregnancy, child delivery or surgeries
related to family planning, and other expenditure, including allowance for
child bearing, medical fees and other expenditure.
4.Balance of the maternity programme refers to the balance of the maternity insurance funds at the end of the reference period.