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Income unit—income unit identifier

Data Element Concept Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term302666
Registration status:Help on this term

Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

Definition:Help on this termA unique identifier (within a household) assigned to an income unit within a housing assistance agency.
Context:Help on this termIncome units are one of the main counting units in housing assistance data and as such it is essential to be able to uniquely identify them.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:Income unit
Definition:Help on this termOne 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:Help on this term

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:

  • a married couple or sole parent, and dependent children only
  • a married couple only with no dependent children present
  • a person who is not related to any other household member either by marriage or by the parent/dependant relationship.

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.

Specialisation of:Help on this termPerson/group of persons

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
National Housing Data Development Committee

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:Income unit identifier
Definition:Help on this termA sequence of characters which identify an income unit.
Property group:Help on this termIdentifier characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Housing Data Development Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Income unit—income unit identifier

        Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006

Has been superseded by Income unit—income unit identifier

        Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Income unit—income unit identifier, X[X(14)]

        Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

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