31. The value of goods farmers produced and consumed themselves accounted for 31 percent of rural income in 1985. 32. The record crop helped boost rural incomes by 8 percent in real terms, to 1, 900 yuan. 33. A bumper harvest will push up rural incomes , which should translate into a significant rise in consumer demand. 34. _Boosting stalled rural incomes and reducing taxes for farmers, retraining laid-off workers and creating new jobs. 35. Closures of decrepit state industries and stagnating rural incomes have sparked protests by laid-off workers and impoverished farmers. 36. They worry that rising anger at stagnant rural incomes and the growing gap between rich poor could threaten communist control. 37. Higher rural incomes and the resulting increase in consumer demand are also boosting output in the services and manufacturing sectors. 38. It was as if the questions of ownership were what mattered, not the consequences for output or rural incomes . 39. Rural incomes averaged 564 yuan, 1.5 percent higher than the same period a year ago after deducting inflation.40. Urban per capita disposable income in 1999 was $ 709, while per capital rural incomes remained at around $ 266.
