Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Source of principal income |
Synonymous names: | Main income source |
METEOR identifier: | 321063 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006 |
Definition: | The source from which a person derives the greatest proportion of his/her income, as represented by a code. |
Context: | An indicator of the needs and circumstances of individuals and sometimes used in assessment of income equity. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—source of cash income (principal) |
Value Domain: | Source of cash income code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Reference documents: | Statistical concepts library, Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables, Cash Income Variables, Framework for Standard Cash Income Variables, Classification and Coding, Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Reference online through: Ausstats Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables, Cash Income Variables |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | If the person has multiple sources of income and none equal to or greater than 50%, the one, which contributes the largest percentage, should be counted. If there is more than one source and they are exactly equal, list the source of income which the person most identifies as receiving from the primary occupation. Included is cash income that may be received from employment (Employee cash income), as a profit or loss from an unincorporated enterprise (Unincorporated business cash income), from the ownership of assets (Property cash income). Income may also be derived from current transfers from government (pensions and benefits) or from private sources, such as superannuation funds. An individual may receive cash income from more than one source. Excluded from this concept is income in kind e.g. barter for goods or services. |
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Collection methods: | This question is not asked of person's aged less than 15 years because they are generally dependants. While this standard specifies the collection of data at the 1-digit level, individual community services data collections may use more detailed categories for one or more of the above for program or service-specific purposes. For example, the Commonwealth State Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set separately identifies disability support pension recipients and other pension/benefit recipients. It is permissible for agencies to collect at 2- or 4-digit as well, if this suits their purposes. 'Principal source of cash income' may classify the same person (or household, family, or income unit) to different categories, depending upon the level of the classification at which it is collected and output. For example, if a person receives 40% of their income from wages, 35% from Rent, and 25% from Interest, then when collected at the base level of the classification, the Principal source will be ‘Employee cash income’ (Wages). When collected at the two digit level, it will be ‘Property cash income’ (rent 35% and Interest 24% combined), and at the top level, it will be Other cash income. The 2- and 4-digit levels are described below: Narrow 2 digit representation 11 Employee cash income Detailed (four-digit) representation 1101 Employee cash income
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the National Community Services Data Committee. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—income source (principal), code N[N] Community Services (retired), Superseded 29/04/2006 Has been superseded by Person—source of cash income (principal), code N Community Services (retired), Recorded 01/07/2009 See also Person—source of cash income (all) code NN Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006 See also Person—source of cash income (all), code NNNN Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 See also Person—source of cash income (all), housing assistance code N[.N.N.N] Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 |