Person—source of cash income (principal), code N
Data Element Attributes
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: | 367880 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Recorded 01/07/2009 |
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 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | A person with more than one source of income should be categorised only to the value domain category, which best describes their primary source of income. The value domain categories shown above can be linked to broad sources of cash income specified in the Statistical Concepts Library of the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 'Sources of cash income' and 'Principal source of cash income' are classified to the Standard classification of sources of cash income. This is a three level hierarchical classification and is described in detail at the broad (one-digit), narrow (two-digit) and detailed (four-digit) levels. Code 1 Primary cash income: Payments from an employer or own limited liability company, including wages or salary, tips, piece rates, penalty rates, loadings, regular bonuses, payment for time not worked (sick leave, recreation leave, public holidays etc.) and director's fees. An employee is classed as receiving cash from an employer or his/her own incorporated enterprise. Code 3 Government cash pensions and allowances All government cash pensions, benefits and allowances. Code 4 Other income: Includes cash income deriving from the ownership of assets (comprising returns from financial assets, physical assets and from intellectual assets), superannuation/annuities, transfers from private organisations (e.g. workers compensation), transfers from other households (e.g. child support payments) and scholarships.This code also includes unincorporated business cash income. |
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Collection methods: | Please note that the ABS classification on which this is based has a separate code for unincorporated business cash income. |
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. Please note when using this item in comparison with the ABS income cash variables standards, unincorporated business cash income is coded to Code 4 'other income'. |
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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. 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. |
Reference documents: | Statistical |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—source of cash income (principal), code N Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006 See also Person—source of cash income (all) code NN Community Services (retired), Recorded 01/07/2009 |