Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical
Indicators
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 Resident 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 Resident 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 Resident 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 Resident Households on Services refers to
non-commodity service expenditure of households on various kinds of cultural
and living activities provided by society.
Resident 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.
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.
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.