Household—principal source of cash income, (housing assistance) code N[.N.N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Principal household income source (housing assistance) |
| METEOR identifier: | 386873 |
| Registration status: | Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 |
| Definition: | The source from which a household derives the greatest proportion of its cash income, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Household—principal source of cash income |
| Value Domain: | Source of cash income (housing assistance) code N[.N.N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[.N.N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 3 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Employee cash income |
| 2 | Unincorporated business income | |
| 3.1.1 | Youth allowance | |
| 3.1.2 | Newstart allowance | |
| 3.1.3 | Other allowances for students and the unemployed | |
| 3.2.1 | Age pension | |
| 3.2.2 | Disability Support pension | |
| 3.2.3 | Other Centrelink pensions/allowances for the aged and people with disability | |
| 3.3 | Other Government cash pension/allowances (e.g. Service pensions) | |
| 4 | Other cash income (e.g. superannuation, compensation) | |
| 5 | Nil income | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | This item does not match the ABS income standards, and is not recommended for wider use. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Reference documents: | Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics. Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables. |
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