Total Income of Urban Households refers to the total actual cash income of the sample households, including regular or fixed income and occasional income. The income of a circulating nature such as withdrawal from bank deposits, loans borrowed from relatives or friends,repayment of loans received and various temporary collection of money is excluded.
Disposable Income refers to the income of the sample households which can be used for daily expenses, i. e. total income minus income tax.
Expenditure for Consumption refers to total expenditure of the sample househofds for consumption in daily life, including expenditure for various commodities and expenses for non-commodity items such as culture and service, etc., but excluding fines and confiscation, loss, tax payments (such as income tax, license tax, real estates tax, etc. ) and various expenses by individual laborers for business purposes.
Expenditure for Purchases of Commodities refers to total expenses of the sample households for the purchases of commodities from shops, factories, catering trade, canteens, markets and the peasants. This expenditure is classified into nine items: food, clothing, daily-life necessities, cultural and recreational articles, newspapere and magazines, medicines and medical appliances. housing and building materials, fuels and other commodities. No matter whether the commodities are purchased for their own consumption or for gifts to relatives and friends, they are all included.
Net Income of Rural Households refers to the total income of the permanet residents of the rural households during a year after the deduction of the expenses for productive and non - productive business operation, the payment for taxes and the payment for collective units for their contracted tasks. The net income can be spent for investments in productive and non-productive construction, for consumption in daily life and for savings deposit. It is a comprehensive indicator to show the actual level of the income of the peasants' household. The net income of the rural households includes not only the income from the productive and non - productive business operation, but also the income from the non - business operation, such as the money remitted or brought back by the members of the household who are in other places, the government relief payment and various subsidies. It includes not only the money income, but also the income in kind. But the income from borrowing from banks, friends and relatives is excluded.
Able - bodied and Semi - ablebodied Laborers of Rural Households refer to permanent residents of rural households who are able to work and actually engaged in social labour, which are one factor of production and sources of rural household income. According to the relevant regulations, male aged 18-50, female aged 18-45 are considered as able-bodied laborers; male aged 16-17 and 51-60, female aged 16-17 and 46-55 are considered as semi - ablebodied laborers. Those who are nor in the above age range but able to work and actually engaged in social labour are also considered as able - bodied or semi - ablebodied laborers, while those who are within the above age range but unable to work are not counted as able - bodied or semi - ablebodied laborers.
Expenditure of Rural Households for Consumption refers to total expenses of rural households on daily life, including expenses on food, clothing, housing, fuel, articles for daily use, and expenses on cultural life and services. This indicator is used to show the actual consumption level of peasants.
Expenditure of Rural Households on Commodities refers to total expenses of the permanent residents of the rural households on purchases of food, clothing, furniture, household appliances, articles for daily use, fuels, durable goods, and cultural, educational and medicinal articles, including purchases from states-owned shops, collective shops, free markets, and etc. Expenditure of peasants for purchase of commodities is an important part of peasants' consumption expenditure, which reflects the extent of commercialization of peasants' consumption and the developing process from self-sufficient economy toward commodity economy. It provides basis for the analysis and research of peasants' market demand and for the formulation of the plan of commodity supply.
Retail Price Index reflects the general change in retail prices of commodities. The change and adjustment in retail prices directly affect the living expenditure of urban and rural residents, government revenue, purchasing power of residents and the equilibrium of market supply and demand, and the ratio of consumption to accumulation. Therefore, the calculation of retail price index is useful to analyze the changes of the above economic activities.
Consumer Price Index reflects the relative change in prices of consumer goods and services purchased by urban and rural residents, and is a composite index derived from the urban consumer price index and the rural consumer price index. Consumer price index can be used to analyze the impact of consumer price change on actual expenditure for living cost of urban and rural residente.