Basic Conditions of Rural Households
 
Item
1985 1990 1995 1998 1999 2000
Number of Households Surveyed 66642 66960 67340 68300 67430 68116
Number of Residents Surveyed (person)




 
Number of Permanent Residents in the Households Surveyed 341525 321429 301878 293458 286348 286162
Average Number of Permanent Residentsper Household 5.12 4.80 4.48 4.30 4.25 4.20
Average Number of Able-bodied and Semi-able-bodied            
Laborers per Household 2.95 2.92 2.88 2.78 2.77 2.76
Average Number of Persons Supported by a




 
Laborer (including the laborer himself or herself) 1.74 1.64 1.56 1.55 1.54 1.52
Per Capita Annual Income (yuan)




 
Total Revenue 547.31 990.38 2337.87 2995.48 2987.44 3087.80
Net Income 397.60 686.31 1577.74 2161.98 2210.34  
Cash Income 357.39 676.67 1595.56 2163.61 2206.69 2398.28
Percentage of Households Grouped by




 
per Capita Annual Net Income (%)




 
Under 100 Yuan 0.95 0.30 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.31
100-200 Yuan 11.20 1.78 0.36 0.14 0.13 0.20
200-300 Yuan 25.64 6.56 0.78 0.27 0.24 0.43
300-400 Yuan 24.10 12.04 1.47 0.48 0.48 0.69
400-500 Yuan 15.94 14.37 2.30 0.81 0.86 1.01
500-600 Yuan 9.13 13.94 3.37 1.21 1.35 1.37
600-800 Yuan 7.99 20.80 9.54 4.05 3.99 4.44
800-1000 Yuan
12.49 11.63 6.23 5.77 5.72
1000-1200 Yuan

11.83 7.79 7.04 6.75
1200-1300 Yuan
12.25 5.38 4.05 3.80 3.75
1300-1500 Yuan

9.74 8.29 8.08 7.42
1500-1700 Yuan

7.92 8.14 8.05 7.48
1700-2000 Yuan

9.39 11.43 11.15 10.45
2000-2500 Yuan

10.29 14.63 15.18 15.54
2500-3000 Yuan

5.89 10.54 10.33 10.29
3000-3500 Yuan

3.49 6.93 7.05 7.11
3500-4000 Yuan
1.99 1.95 4.28 4.67 ¡ 4.76
4000-4500 Yuan

1.34 3.00 3.18 ¡ 3.44
4500-5000 Yuan

0.86 2.06 2.13 ¡ 2.40
5000 Yuan and Over

2.26 5.50 6.35 7.45
Per Capita Annual Expenditure (yuan)




 
Total Expenditure 485.51 903.47 2138.33 2457.17 2390.37 2535.01
Expenditure for Household Business 121.39 241.09 621.71 652.48 599.72 654.27
Expenditure for Consumption 317.42 584.63 1310.36 1590.33 1577.42 1670.13
Other Nonproductive Expenditures 9.57 18.80 55.28 53.35 55.62  
Cash Expenditure 389.19 741.17 1766.67 2316.35 2338.08 2140.37
Productive Costs 98.93 183.35 517.06 565.97 528.36  
Taxes and Payments to Collective Units 16.35 33.38 76.96 98.00 93.06 89.81
Expenditure for Consumption 194.68 374.74 859.43 1128.16 1144.61 1284.74
Expenditure for Savings and Credit 57.96 102.11 220.86 385.37 420.85  
a) Data from Tables 10-14 to 10-26 are obtained from the sample surveys on rural households.
b) Percentage of households grouped by per capita annual net income has been adjusted since1995.