Housing Conditions of Rural Households
Item 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number of Rooms per
Household (room)
0.21 0.16          
Per-capita Floor Space
of Houses (sq.m)
0.78 1.28 0.87 0.84 0.86 0.79  
  Brick and Wood Structures 0.37 0.29 0.36 0.34 0.30 0.28  
  Reinforced Concrete Structures 0.33 0.48 0.47 0.45 0.51 0.47  
Value per Room (yuan) 3420.19 4918.38          
Value per Square Meter (yuan) 200.30 148.32 260.23 263.45 295.61 303.77  
Per-capita Living Floor
Space (sq.m)
0.68 0.74          
Per-capita Floor Space of
Multi-floor Buildings (sq.m)
0.14 0.20          
Number of Rooms per
Household (room)
5.14 5.02          
Per-capita Floor Space (sq.m) 21.01 24.23 24.82 25.73 26.53 27.24 27.90
  Brick and Wood Structures 11.91 12.28 13.61 13.82 13.88 14.12  
  Reinforced Concrete Structures 3.10 6.35 6.15 6.94 7.69 8.53  
Value per Room (yuan) 101.64   187.41 196.12 202.78 217.07  
Data in this table are obtained from sample surveys on rural households.