Explanatory Notes on
Main Statistical Indicators
Integrated Household
Survey In the fourth quarter of 2012, the
NBS launched its reform on the household survey programme in order to produce
aggregates with the same concepts and definitions for the urban and rural
population. This new survey programme is an integrated one whereas there had
existed two separate household surveys for the urban and rural households. The
reform took a number of measures, including the integration of concepts,
classifications and standards, which provided a basis for producing data
covering all households.
Disposable Income of Households
has a national coverage comparable between urban and rural households,
and refers to the kind of income that households can have at their disposal. It
includes income both in cash and in kind from four categories: income from
wages and salaries, cash income from household operations, income from
properties and income from transfers.
Consumption Expenditure of Households has a national coverage comparable between
urban and rural households, and refers to the all the expenditures of
households for consumption in daily life. It includes expenditure in cash and
in kind on eight categories: food; clothing; housing; household appliances and
services; transport and communications; education, cultural and recreational
activities; and medical care. The expenditure on housing also includes rents,
water, electricity, fuels and imputed rents of owner-occupied dwelling.
Population of urban households refers to
members of the household living and sharing economically together. All income and
expenditure of the population of the household are included in the income and
expenditure of the household.
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.
Usual Resident Population in Rural Areas refers to persons staying at home
regularly or for over 6 months during a year and integrated with the household
economically and in terms of living. Members of the household staying away from
the household for over 6 months but keeping a close economic relation with the
household by sending the majority of income to the household are regarded as
usual resident of the household. Government staff and workers or retirees
living as close members of the household are also considered as usual resident.
However, servicemen, students of secondary technical schools or schools of
higher education and persons with stable jobs and residence outside the
household (excluding those visiting relatives or seeking medical service) are
not included as resident population of the household. Resident population is
used in calculating income, consumption, accumulation on per capita basis of
rural households and in analyzing composition of rural households.
Full/Semi Labor Force in Rural
Areas Full labour force refers to persons capable
of work, aged 18-50 for males and 18-45 for females. Semi labour force refers
to persons capable of work, aged 16-17 and 51-60 for males and 16-17 and 46-55
for females. Persons at their working ages but not capable of work are not to be
included as labour force. Persons not at working ages but participating
regularly in work are included in semi labour force. For staff and workers as
resident population of the household, they are included as full or semi labour
force of the household if they are in the labour force.
Total Income of Rural Households 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.
Engel Coefficient refers to the percentage of expenditure
on food to the total consumption in cash, using the following formula:
Engel Coefficient =
(expenditure on food / total expenditure in cash) x 100%
Basic Pension Insurance of Urban Workers
1.Number of people participated
in the insurance programme: by the end of reference period, number of staff and
workers participated in the insurance programme in line with national laws,
regulations and related policies, who have already had payment records in
social security management agencies, including those who interrupt payment but
not terminate the insurance programme. Those who have no records are not
included.
2.Number of retired and
resigned people participated in the insurance programme: by the end of
reference period, number of retired and resigned staff and workers participated
in the insurance programme.
3. Revenue of insurance
refer to payments made by units and individuals covered in pension insurance
programs, and income from other resources according to national provision,
including the premium paid by units and staff and works, interest income,
subsidies from higher level agencies, income as transfer from subordinate
agencies, transferred income, financial subsidies and other income.
Basic Medical Care Insurance:
1.Number of people
participated in the insurance program: refer to number of people participated
in the basic medical care insurance program according to related regulation by
the end of reference period.
2.Revenue of basic medical
care insurance: 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.
Unemployment Insurance
1.Number of people
participated in unemployment insurance program: number of staff and workers in
urban enterprises or institutions and other people according to local
government regulations participated in unemployment insurance program in line
with national laws, regulations and related policies by the end of the
reference period.
2.Revenue of insurance: 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.
Work Injury Insurance
1.Number of people
participated in work injury insurance: 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. Revenue of unemployment
insurance: refer to payments made by units and individuals covered in
unemployment insurance program, interest income, subsidies income from higher
level agencies, income as transfer from subordinate agencies, transferred
income, financial subsidies and other income.
Maternity Insurance
1.Number of people participated
in maternity insurance program according to related regulation at the end of
the reporting period.
2.Revenue of maternity
insurance: refers to payments made by units covered in maternity insurance
program according to national provisions, and income from other resources,
including: income of funds paid by units, interest income and other income.
Insurance and Welfare Funds for Retired and Resigned Staff
and workers refer to the total living
expenses actually received by those retirees, including those from social
insurance management agencies and units.
Number of Urban Residents Entitled to Minimum Living
Allowances
refers to the number of those whose
average family income is below a minimum local standard by the end of the
reporting period, including both the employed and unemployed, laid off and
retired, and those jobless people without stable residence or valid IDs.
Number of Rural Residents Entitled to Minimum Living
Allowances refers to the number of
those receiving the minimum living allowances from the local government or
community in the rural areas where this allowances system is in place as of the
end of the reporting period.
Households Enjoying Five Guarantees refers to those senior citizens,
handicapped or under-aged who, without labor ability, can��t make a living by
themselves and whose statutory providers are unable to support them or who have
no statutory providers at all.