PEOPLE’S LIVELIHOOD

Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators

I. Urban Households

Population of urban households refer 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.

Disposable Income of Urban Households refers to the actual income at the disposal of members of the households which can be used for final consumption, other non-compulsory expenditure and savings. This equals to total income minus income tax, personal contribution to social security and sample household subsidy for keeping dairies.

Total Expenditure of Urban Households refers to all actual expenditure of households except expenditure on lending. It includes cash expenditure; property expenditure, transfer expenditure, social insurance expenditure and expenditure on house purchasing or house building.

Consumption Expenditure of Urban Households in Cash refers to total cash expenditure of households for consumption in daily life, including expenditure on the eight categories of food; clothing; housing; household appliances; transport and communications; education, cultural and recreational activities and medical care.

II. Rural Households

Usual Resident Population 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 Labour Force 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.

Net Income of Rural Households Net Income refers to the total income of rural households from all sources minus all corresponding expenses. The formula for calculation is as follows:

Net income = total income - household operation expenses - taxes and fees - taxes and fees depreciation of fixed assets for production - gifts to non-rural relatives

Net income is mainly used as input for reinvestment in production and as consumption expenditure of the year, and also used for savings and non-compulsory expenses of various forms. "Per capita net income of farmers" is the level of net income averaged by population, reflecting the average income level of rural population in a given area.

Total Expenditure of Rural Households refers to total expenses of rural households on production, consumption and redistribution, including expenditure on household operations, on purchase of productive fixed assets, depreciation of productive fixed assets, taxes and fees, expenses on household consumption, expenses on properties and expenses on transfers.

Expenditure on Household Consumption of Rural Households refers to expenditure by rural households on their material and cultural life, including expenditure on food; clothing; housing; household appliances, articles and services; health and medical service; transportation and communications; articles and services on culture, education and recreation; and other goods and services, expenses on properties; and expenses on 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 labour ability, can not make a living by themselves and whose statutory providers are unable to support them or who have no statutory providers at all.