Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269602 |
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| Definition: | The structure of the income unit based on the relationship between members of the income unit. |
| Context: | An income unit is the standard statistical unit for analyses of Centrelink data and can be an important measure in assessing the needs and circumstances of individuals and families. |
Centrelink income unit—income unit type
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Centrelink income unit |
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| Definition: | An income unit is the base unit that is used to calculate a Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) entitlement amount. It consists of a person and: (a) any other person treated as their current partner under the Social Security Act 1991 (b) any other person for whom either them, or their partner, receives Family Tax Benefit. |
| Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| Origin: | Census of Income Support Customers |
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
Relational attributes
| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Centrelink income unit—Centrelink income unit type, code N
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