统计年鉴是一种常见的工具书。笼统的说,统计年鉴是反映某一年度内社会经济实际情况和变化过程的数字资料的一种汇编,是反映经济社会信息的重要载体。统计年鉴对社会科学研究人员而言是一种非常重要的研究参考资料。对于统计年鉴,我们不能把它仅仅当做一种数据来源,仅仅当做证明某项假设的数据佐证,而应当深入到统计年鉴所包含的各类数据里面去,发掘其间的关 Statistical Yearbook is a common reference book. In a nutshell, the Statistical Yearbook is a compilation of digital data that reflects the actual situation and changing process of social economy in a given year, and is an important carrier of economic and social information. Statistical Yearbook for social science researchers is a very important research reference. For the statistical yearbook, we can not regard it as a source of data merely as proof of data supporting a certain hypothesis. Instead, we should go deep into all kinds of data contained in the Statistical Yearbook and explore the links between them