Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269600 |
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| Definition: | The description of the income unit a person belongs to. |
| Context: | This is the standard statistical unit for analyses of economic well being, and can be an important measure in assessing the needs and circumstances of individuals and families. Income units are essential to calculate potential rent assistance available to households if they were in the private rental market. Income units may also be used as means of calculating the number of potential households needing assistance. |
Income unit—income unit type
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Income unit |
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| Definition: | One person or a group of related persons within a household, whose command over income is shared, or any person living in a non private dwelling who is in receipt of personal income. |
| Context: | Income units are restricted to relationships of marriage (registered or de facto) and of parent/dependant who usually reside in the same household. This means that an income unit can be defined as:
This is the standard statistical unit for analyses of economic wellbeing, and can be an important measure in assessing the needs and circumstances of individuals and families. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Income unit type |
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| Definition: | A descriptor of the class of income unit. |
| Property group: | Accommodation/living characteristics |
Source and reference attributes
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element concept attributes
Source and reference attributes
| Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee |
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Relational attributes
| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Income unit—income unit composition, code N
Income unit—income unit type, code N{.N}
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