Income unit
Object Class Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Object Class |
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Synonymous names: | Income unit |
METEOR identifier: | 608087 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 |
Definition: | One person or a group of related persons within a household, whose command over income is shared, or any person living in a non private dwelling who is in receipt of personal income. |
Context: | Income units are restricted to relationships of marriage (registered or de facto) and of parent/dependant who usually reside in the same household. This means that an income unit can be defined as:
This is the standard statistical unit for analyses of economic wellbeing, and can be an important measure in assessing the needs and circumstances of individuals and families. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Income unit Community Services (retired), Standard 31/08/2007 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Centrelink income unit Housing assistance, Standard 11/04/2005 |
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Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class: | Income unit—income unit identifier Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Income unit—income unit type Community Services (retired), Standard 31/08/2007 Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Income unit—relationship to household reference person Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 |