Basic Conditions of Urban Households
Item	1985	1990	1995	1998	1999	2000
Number of Households Surveyed (household)	24338	35660	35520	39080	40044	42220
Average Household Size (person)	3.89	3.50	3.23	3.16	3.14	3.13
Average Number of Employed Persons per
Household (persons)	2.15	1.98	1.87	1.80	1.77	1.68
Percentage of Employment per Household (%)	55.27	56.57	57.89	56.98	56.43	53.67
Number of Persons Supported by Each Employee
including the employee himself or herself (person)	1.81	1.77	1.73	1.75	1.77	1.86
Per Capita Annual Income (yuan)	748.92	1522.79	4288.09	5458.34	5888.77	6316.81
Disposable Income	739.08	1510.16	4283.00	5425.05	5854.02	6279.98
Wages of Staff & Workers in State-owned Units	455.88	857.59	2590.03	3288.71	3448.40	3500.63
Wages of Staff and Workers in Collective-owned
Units and Units of Other Type of Ownership	113.52	170.39	400.40	517.49	560.00	582.15
Other Income of Staff and Workers from
Their Working Units	44.88	99.11	228.67
Income of Individual Laborers	10.20	18.71	90.60	186.65	221.92	348.20
Income of Re-employed Retirees	4.56	15.51	42.86	57.34	60.39	60.74
Income of Other Employees	1.95	3.79	8.44	11.79	15.58	30.96
Part-time Income	12.36	22.61	96.91	174.00	190.87	197.74
Property Income	3.74	15.60	90.43	132.87	128.65	128.38
Transfer Income	65.88	250.01	734.83	1083.04	1257.17	1211.86
Other Income	35.95	69.46	4.92	6.45	5.79	256.16
Per Capita Annual Living Expenditures for
Consumption (yuan)	673.20	1278.89	3537.57	4331.61	4615.91	4998.00
Food	351.72	693.77	1766.02	1926.89	1932.10	1958.31
Clothing	98.04	170.90	479.20	480.86	482.37	500.46
Household Facilities, Articles and Service	57.87	108.45	296.94	356.83	395.48	439.29
Medicine and Medical Service	16.71	25.67	110.11	205.16	245.59	318.07
Transportation and Communications	14.39	40.51	171.01	257.15	310.55	395.01
Recreation, Education & Cultural Service	55.01	112.26	312.71	499.39	567.05	627.82
Residence	32.23	60.86	250.18	408.39	453.99	500.49
Miscellaneous Commodities and Services	47.23	66.57	151.39	196.95	228.79	258.54
a) Data in Tables 5 to 14 are obtained from the sample survey on income and expenditures of urban households.
b) From 1997, other income of staff and workers from their working units was canceled and its value had
been divided in the wages of staff and workers in state-owned units or in collective owned units.
c) From 1992, Special income was canceled. Its main value had been divided in the transfer income and other
minor value had in other income.