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.
Urban
Population and Rural Population Urban population refers to all people residing in cities and towns,
while rural population refers to population other than urban population.
Birth Rate( or Crude Birth Rate) refers to the ratio of the number of
births to the average population (or mid-period population) during a certain
period of time (usually a year), expressed in ‰. Birth rate in the chapter
refers to annual birth rate. The following formula is used:
Brith Rate= Number of
Births/Annual Average Number of Population*1000
Number of births in
the formula refers to live births, i.e. when a baby has breathed or showed any
vital phenomena regardless of the length of pregnancy.
Annual average
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 by 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- period population) during a certain
period of time (usually a year), expressed in‰. Death rate in the chapter
refers to annual death rate. The following formula is used:
Death Rate =Number of Deaths/ Annual Average Number of Population*1000
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-period
population)of the same period , expressed in‰. The following formula is
applied:
Natural Growth Rate of Population= Number of Births-Number of
Deaths / Annual Average
Number of Population *1000
Natural Growth Rate of Population=Birth Rate-Death Rate
Economically
Active Population refers to the population
aged 16 and over who are capable of working, are participating in or willing to
participate in economic activities, including employed persons and unemployed
persons.
Employed Persons refer to persons above
a specified age who had labour capacity and performed
some social work for compensation or business gains.Specifically,it
refers to all persons,aged 16 and over,who
performed some work for compensation or business gains for one hour or more
during the reference period;or who had work units or
sites but were temporarily not at work during the reference period.
Persons
Employed in Various Units refer
to the total number of employees who work at his unit and obtain wages or other
forms of payment at the end of the reporting 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 reporting 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 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 for
which the business operation are situated at a county town (i.e. a town where
the county government is located), or at urban areas with administrative
hierarchy 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 laborers who work in
individual households.
Employed Staff
and Workers refer to persons who signed labor contracts with working units and
working units would pay wages, social insurance and housing funds for them. 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 are also included. Employed staff
and workers also include:
1)Persons who should have signed the labor contracts but not (like
people with rural household registration);
2)Employees on probation;
3)Employees beyond the staffing quota;
4)Employees who are sent to other working units but still obtain wages
from their original units (situations like on-the-job placement, expatriated
assignment, etc. )
1)Employed Staff and Workers do not include: Dispatched personnel who work and are paid directly by the
working units; they shall be counted into “labour
dispatch personnel” of the working units;
2)Personnel through labor outsourcing, they shall be counted into
“employed staff and workers” of the units which contracted them.
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 per capita wage in money terms during a certain period of time for
employed persons. It shows the general level of wage income of staff and worker
during a certain period of time, one major indicator to reflect the wage level. It 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.