Household—gross weekly income, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Gross weekly household income |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 607882 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | The value of income per week from all sources, before accounting for any deductions such as income tax and superannuation, for a household, expressed in dollars and cents. |
Context:![]() | A gross personal income of each household member is combined to determine gross household income. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Household—gross weekly income |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class:![]() | Total |
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Data type:![]() | Currency |
Format:![]() | N[NNNNN].NN |
Maximum character length:![]() | 8 |
Unit of measure:![]() | Australian currency (AU$) |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | This value domain must be expressed to two decimal places. Where there is a dollar value and no cent value, the cents must be expressed as .00 (e.g. 100.00). |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | The main components of gross income are:
Gross income is regarded as all receipts which are received regularly and are of a recurrent nature. Certain receipts such as lump sum receipts, windfall gains and withdrawals from savings are not considered to conform to these criteria and are not included as income. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Steward:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents:![]() | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2010. Standards for Income Variables, 2010. ABS cat. no. 1287.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 6 February 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Household—gross income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
See also Household—principal source of cash income, (housing assistance) code N[.N.N]
See also Household—principal source of cash income, housing assistance code N[.N.N]
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 DSS specific information: Record gross weekly income for the week of 30 June. Gross income includes income from all sources (excluding Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)) as specified. Record unknown values as ‘U’. Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Conditional obligation: Leave blank if unknown. DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, current gross weekly income is reported at the time of application for assistance. Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 DSS specific information: The gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific information: The gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Conditional obligation: Leave blank if unknown. DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, current gross weekly income is reported at the time of application for assistance. Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 DSS specific information: Gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific information: The gross weekly income was collected for the week of 30 June, and excludes Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA). Unknown values are recorded as "U". |