Basic Conditions of Urban Households
Item 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number of Households
Surveyed (household)
35520 42220 43840 45317 48028 50430
Average Household Size (person) 3.23 3.13 3.10 3.04 3.01 2.98
Average Number of Employed
Persons per Household (persons)
1.87 1.68 1.65 1.58 1.58 1.56
Percentage of Employment per
Household (%)
57.89 53.67 53.23 51.97 52.49 52.35
Number of Persons Supported
by Each Employee (including
the employee himself or
herself) (person)
1.73 1.86 1.88 1.92 1.91 1.91
Per-Capita Annual Income
(yuan)
4279.02 6295.91 6868.88 8177.40 9061.22 10128.50
  Income From Selling Property 3390.21 4480.50 4829.86 5739.96 6410.22 7152.80
Income of Wages and Salaries 72.62 246.24 274.05 332.16 403.82 493.90
  Net Income From Management 90.43 128.38 134.62 102.12 134.98 161.20
  Property Income 725.76 1440.78 1630.36 2003.16 2112.20 2320.70
  Disposable Income 4282.95 6279.98 6859.58 7702.80 8472.20 9421.60
Per-Capita Annual Living
Expenditures for Consumption
(yuan)
3537.57 4998.00 5309.01 6029.88 6510.94 7182.1
  Food 1771.99 1971.32 2027.99 2271.84 2416.92 2709.60
  Clothing 479.20 500.46 533.66 590.88 637.72 686.80
  Household Facilities, Articles
and Service
263.36 374.49 376.22 388.68 410.34 407.40
  Medicine and Medical Service 110.11 318.07 343.28 430.08 475.98 528.20
  Medicine and Medical Service 183.22 426.95 493.94 626.04 721.12 843.60
  Educational, Cultural and
Recreational Services
331.01 669.58 736.63 902.28 934.38 1032.80
  Residence 283.76 565.29 610.67 624.36 699.38 733.50
  Miscellaneous Commodities
and Services
114.92 171.83 186.61 195.84 215.10 240.20
Composition of Per-Capita
Annual Living Expenditures
for Consumption (%)
           
  Food 50.09 39.44 38.20 37.68 37.12  
  Clothing 13.55 10.01 10.05 9.80 9.79  
  Household Facilities,
Articles and Service
7.44 7.49 7.09 6.45 6.30  
  Medicine and Medical Service 3.11 6.36 6.47 7.13 7.31  
  Transport, Post and
Per-Capita Services
5.18 8.54 9.30 10.38 11.08  
  Educational Cultural and
Recreational Services
9.36 13.40 13.88 14.96 14.35  
  Residence 8.02 11.31 11.50 10.35 10.74  
  Miscellaneous Commodities
and Services
3.25 3.44 3.51 3.25 3.30  
a) Data from are obtained from sample survey on income and expenditures of urban households.
b) Since 200, the objects of urban households survey are the permanent residents of city districts and county towns.
The relative data in the chapter are calculated according to the new standard, and historal data have been adjusted
accordingly.