第三次全国农业普查采用全面调查的方法，由普查员对所有普查对象进行逐个查点和填报。通过普查，将掌握我国有关农业、农村、农民的基本情况，并查清“三农”新发展新变化。《中国第三次全国农业普查综合资料The Third National Agricultural Census Compilation of Census Data》由六部分组成：简要文字说明和主要指标统计；二、普查对象基本情况；三、农业生产条件和生产状况；四、农村基础设施建设和基本社会服务；五、农村居民生活质量；六、统计指标解释。

Part One Brief Description and Main Statistics
Section A Basic Situation and Production Conditions of Agriculture
Section B Rural Infrastructure and Basic Public Services
Section C Living Conditions of Farmers
Section D Agriculture Operators
Part Two Basic Information on Census Objects
2-1-1 Number of Households Enumerated and Enumerators by Region
2-1-2 Number of Census Unit Enumerated by Region
2-1-3 Statistics of Remote Sensing Census by Region
2-1-4 Number of Villages Enumerated by Region
2-1-5 Number of Villages by Topography and Number of Villages where Minority Nationalities Live in Compact Communities Region
2-1-6 Number of Households, Population and Persons per Household by Region
2-1-7 Number and Composition of Households by Household Register of the Householder and Region
2-1-8 Number of Households by Household Members and Region
2-1-9 Composition of Households by Household Members and Region"
2-1-10 Number and Composition of Households by Gender and Region
2-1-11 Number of Households by Age and Region
2-1-12 Composition of Households by Age and Region
2-1-13 Number of Households by Marital Status and Region"
2-1-14 Composition of Households by Marital Status and Region
2-1-15 Number of Households by Educational Degree and Region"
2-1-16 Composition of Households by Educational Degree and Region
2-1-17 Number and Composition of Households by Student or not and Region
2-1-18 Number and Composition of Households by Leaving Township for more than 6 Months or not and Region
2-1-19 Number of Registered Persons from Households by Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries or not and Region
2-1-20 Composition of Registered Persons from Households by Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries or not and Region
2-1-21 Number of Registered Persons from Households by the Way of Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries and Region
2-1-22 Composition of Registered Persons from Households by the Way of Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries and Region
2-1-23 Number of Registered Persons from Ordinary Households by Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries or not and Region
2-1-24 Composition of Registered Persons from Ordinary Households by Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries or not and Region
2-1-25 Number of Registered Persons from Ordinary Households by the Way of Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries and Region
2-1-26 Composition of Registered Persons from Ordinary Households by the Way of Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries and Region
2-1-27 Number of Registered Persons from Large-scale Agricultural Households by Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries or not and Region
2-1-28 Composition of Registered Persons from Large-scale Agricultural Households by Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries or not and Region
2-1-29 Number of Registered Persons from Large-scale Agricultural Households by the Way of Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries and Region
2-1-30 Composition of Registered Persons from Large-scale Agricultural Households by the Way of Engaging in Non-agricultural Industries and Region
Part Three Condition and Activities of Agriculture Sector
Section A Agricultural Operators
3-1-1 Number of Agricultural Entities by Region
3-1-2 Number of Agricultural Operators by Region
3-1-3 Number of Agricultural Operators by Gender and Region
3-1-4 Composition of Agricultural Operators by Gender and Region
3-1-5 Number of Agricultural Operators by Age and Region
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Part Four Rural Infrastructure and Basic Public Services
Part Five Living Conditions of Farmers
Part Six Explanations to Indicators