Table 1 Ethnic composition of family households in China, 1990 and 2000
From: The recent trend of ethnic intermarriage in China: an analysis based on the census data
1990 | 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Households/persons | Percent | Households/persons | Percent | |
Number of households | 276,911,767 | 100.00 | 340,491,197 | 100.00 |
Number of persons | 1,097,776,366 | 100.00 | 1,178,271,219 | 100.00 |
Persons per household on average | 3.964 | – | 3.461 | – |
Number of minority households | 15,996,039 | 5.78 | 21,463,520 | 6.30 |
Total population of minority households | 72,726,211 | 6.63 | 82,789,610 | 7.03 |
Persons per minority household on average | 4.547 | – | 3.857 | – |
Minority-Han mixture households | 6,756,042 | 2.44 | 9,121,114 | 2.68 |
Total population of minority/Han mixture household | 29,798,457 | 2.71 | 35,387,918 | 3.00 |
Persons per minority-Han mixture household on average | 4.411 | – | 3.880 | – |
Number of Han households | 254,159,686 | 91.78 | 309,906,563 | 91.02 |
Total population of Han households | 995,251,698 | 90.66 | 1,060,093,691 | 89.97 |
Persons per Han households on average | 3.916 | – | 3.421 | – |