Sources of income code NNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	408149
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:	A code set representing a person's sources of income.

Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	NNNN
Maximum character length:	4

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Revision status:	If you require further information about this classification please email: [email protected] or telephone the Standards Support Hotline on (02) 6252 5736.

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Sources of income code NNNN Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Has been superseded by Sources of income code NNNN Homelessness, Recorded 26/10/2017
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Person—principal source of cash income, code NNNN Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 Person—source of cash income (all), code NNNN Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010

Classification scheme attributes
Classification scheme:	Australian Classification for Source of Income 2010
METEOR identifier:	412558
Definition:	The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) classification for sources from which persons, income units, families and households receive income. 'Sources of income' applies to all persons, income units, families and households reporting a value for 'Total income' in surveys.
Registration status:	Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Classification structure:	The classification is a three level hierarchal classification that groups sources of income at the broad, narrow and detailed levels. At the broad, or top, level of the classification for 'Total income', the income components are grouped according to whether they are received from: an employer, including their own incorporated business a profit or loss from their own unincorporated business a government pension or allowance paid by a government entity under social security and related government programs any other source. This is output as 'Other income'. At the narrow, or second, level of the classification, 'Any other source' is classified according to whether income is received from: investments, that is income received as a result of the ownership of financial and non-financial assets superannuation pensions and annuities other current transfers. At the detailed, or third, level of the classification, investment income, government pensions and allowances and other current transfers are further broken down into their component groupings.
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	Australian Bureau of Statistics 2010. Standards for Income Variables, 2010 Cat no. 1287.0 Canberra: ABS. Viewed 2 August 2010.