对恩格尔系数几个相关因素的分析

Relevance Factors in Engel Index

恩格尔系数在我国统计中扮演着十分重要的角色,它是常被用于判断实现小康社会的标准之一。但是在解读和运用的过程中,人们常常步入一个误区,即单纯的用恩格尔系数来直接判断或说明经济发展所达到的阶段,却忽略了恩格尔系数的内在缺陷及其外在可比性。笔者将针对恩格尔系数的几个相关因素进行剖析,并指出恩格尔系数变化速度与居民收入增长速度之间存在着显著的相关关系。

Engel Index,important in statistics,is one of the standards to judge the realization of a well -off society. Yet in the process of understanding and index to directly judge or state the stage the economis development has reached while ignoring the inherent defect and the external comparabilty of the index. The paper analyzes the relevant factors concerning the index and the marked correlation between the changing speed of Engel Index and the increasing speed of the residents income.