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Person—principal source of cash income, code N[.N.N.N]

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termPrincipal income source (housing)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term608085
Registration status:Help on this term

Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

Definition:Help on this termThe source from which a housing assistance client derives the greatest proportion of his/her cash income, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termPerson—principal source of cash income
Value Domain:Help on this termSource of cash income housing assistance code N[.N.N.N]

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[.N.N.N]
Maximum character length:Help on this term4
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this term1Employee cash income
  2Unincorporated business income
  3.1.1Youth allowance
  3.1.2Newstart allowance
  3.1.3Other allowances for students and the unemployed
  3.2.1Age pension
  3.2.2Disability Support pension
  3.2.3Other Centrelink pensions/allowances for the aged and people with disability
  3.3.1Family Tax Benefit (Parts A and B)
  3.3.2.1Parenting Payment - partnered
  3.3.2.2Parenting Payment - single
  3.3.3Double Orphan Pension
  3.3.4Wife Pension
  3.3.5Widow B Pension
  3.3.6Bereavement Allowance
  3.3.8Carer Payment
  3.3.9Carer Allowance
  3.3.10Carer Supplement
  3.3.11Partner Allowance
  3.3.12Widow Allowance
  3.3.13CDEP Participant Supplement
  3.3.14Special Benefit
  3.3.15Service pension (DVA)
  3.3.16Disability pension (DVA)
  3.3.17War widow's pension (DVA)
  3.3.18Pensions and allowances from overseas governments
  3.3.19Other government cash pensions and allowances
  4Other cash income (e.g. superannuation, compensation)
  5Nil Income
Supplementary values:Help on this term9
 
Not stated/inadequately described
 

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

This value domain does not follow the standard ABS classification codeset, and is not recommended for wider use. 

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this termAustralian Bureau of Statistics. 1997. Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables. Viewed June 1, 2012.

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Income source identifies a household’s sources of income and can be used to determine whether they may be eligible to receive Commonwealth rent assistance if the same household was living in the private rental market.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
National Housing Data Development Committee
Origin:Help on this termAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables. Viewed 3 November 2005.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Person—principal source of cash income, code N[.N.N.N]

        Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

See also Person—source of cash income (all), housing assistance code N[.N.N.N]

        Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Person income (housing assistance) cluster

        Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017


Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018-

        Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2018
DSS specific information:

For the purposes of this collection, a record should be completed for each income source rather than a single record for the main income source.


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