8-9 BASIC CONDITIONS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
Item 1995 1997 1998 1999
Number of Households Surveyed 5 500 4 000 4 000 4 000
Number of Residents Surveyed (person) 22 456 15 935 15 754 15 679
Number of Permanent Residents in the Households Surveyed 22 456 15 935 15 754 15 679
Average Number of Permanent Residents per Household 4.08 3.98 3.94 3.92
Average Number of Able-bodied and Semi-ablebodied Laborers per Household 2.85 2.72 2.67 2.68
Able-bodied Laborers 2.39 2.09 2.04 2.01
Semi-ablebodied Laborers 0.46 0.63 0.63 0.67
Average Number of Persons Supported by a Laborer (including the laborer himself or herself) 1.43 1.47 1.47 1.46
Average Number of Pre-school Children Per 100 Permanent Residents 5.60 6.43 6.08 5.58
Per Capita Annual Income (yuan)
Gross Income 1 864.92 2 636.08 2 738.39 2 696.94
Net Income 1 158.29 1 680.69 1 789.17 1 843.47
Cash Income 1 129.08 1 654.53 1 731.76 1 733.91
Average Number of Staff and Workers of Permanent Residents Per Household (person) 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.02
Percentage of Staff and Workers to Permanent Residents (%) 0.91 0.60 0.41 0.45
Average Number of Permanent Residents Employed in Township and Village Enterprises Per Household (person) 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.06
Percentage of Persons Employed in Township and Village Enterprise to Permanent Residents (%) 1.38 1.73 1.49 1.52
Per Capita Area of Cultivated Land Under Management (mu) 1.25 1.15 1.04 1.05
Per Capita Hilly Area Under Management (mu) 0.35 0.26 0.28 0.27
Per Capita Water Area Under Management (mu) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Average Number of Rooms Newly Built in the Year Per Household 0.37 0.19 0.15 0.15
Per Capita Floor Space Newly Built in the Year (sq.m) 0.89 1.02 0.78 0.81
# Living Floor Space (sq.m) 0.71 0.84 0.63 0.63
Average Number of Rooms Used at the End of Year Per Household 6.07 4.74 4.58 4.64
Per Capita Floor Space Used (year-end) (sq.m) 22.23 23.97 24.72 25.45
Value of Floor Space Used Per Square Meter (year-end) (yuan) 52.94 94.44 95.71 98.65
Per Capita Annual Expenditure (yuan) 1,828.15 2,381.13 2,382.31 2,258.34
Expenditure for Household Business (yuan) 599.75 794.53 783.67 688.59
Expenditure for Consumption (yuan) 1 092.91 1 440.48 1 440.77 1 426.06
Other Nonproductive Expenditures (yuan) 35.67 27.36 27.40 25.28