Household—principal source of cash income, housing assistance code N[.N.N]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Principal household income source (housing assistance)
METEOR identifier:	608480
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	The source from which a household derives the greatest proportion of its cash income, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Household—principal source of cash income

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[.N.N]

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Employee cash income
2	Unincorporated business income
3.1.1	Youth allowance
3.1.2	Newstart allowance
3.1.3	Other allowances for students and the unemployed
3.2.1	Age pension
3.2.2	Disability Support pension
3.2.3	Other Centrelink pensions/allowances for the aged and people with disability
3.3	Other Government cash pension/allowances (e.g. Service pensions, Family Tax Benefit, Paid parental leave)
4	Other cash income (e.g. superannuation, compensation)

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:

This item does not match the ABS income standards, and is not recommended for wider use.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Income source is used to derive low income status of households and whether they may be eligible to receive Commonwealth Rent Assistance.

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

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Household—principal source of cash income, housing assistance code N[.N.N]

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

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