Income unit—income unit identifier, X[X(14)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
|---|---|
| Short name: | Income unit ID |
| METEOR identifier: | 607900 |
| Registration status: | Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 |
| Definition: | A unique alphanumeric identifier for an income unit within a household, used by a housing assistance agency. |
| Context: | Income units are one of the main counting units in housing assistance data and as such it is essential to be able to uniquely identify them. |
| Data Element Concept: | Income unit—income unit identifier |
| Value Domain: | Identifier X[X(14)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Identifier | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | X[X(14)] | |
| Maximum character length: | 15 | |
Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Income unit—income unit identifier, X[X(14)] Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017 Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Retired 08/10/2025 Person income (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Retired 08/10/2025 Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 |