Household—gross weekly income, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Gross weekly household income |
| METEOR identifier: | 607882 |
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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 |
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| Representation class: | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Currency | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Format: | N[NNNNN].NN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Unit of measure: | Australian currency (AU$) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Unit of measure precision: | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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: All attributes + |
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