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Cluster Accommodation Cluster Mandatory 1 - Household—rent frequency, code XXX Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the household renting.
DSS specific information:
Household rent frequency refers to the variable HH_RENT_FREQ_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 - Household—rent payer, code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the household renting.
DSS specific information:
The variable RENT_PAYER_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture the rent payer in the household.
Conditional 1 - Household—weekly rent paid, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the household renting.
DSS specific information:
Weekly household rent amount refers to the variable WEEKLY_HH_RENT_AMT in the PIA research data set.
'Total household rent amount’ is used to create the derived variable, but is not included in the PIA research data set.
For the PIA research DSS the Guide for use information is not applicable.
Conditional 1 - Recipient—government subtenant status, code AAA Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the household renting.
DSS specific information:
The variable GOVT_SUBTENANT_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture whether the recipient is a sub-tenant in accommodation where the primary tenant pays a subsidised rental for public housing.
Conditional 1 - Recipient—home ownership status, code A DSS specific information:
The variable HOME_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture home ownership status.
Mandatory 1 - Recipient—rent frequency, code XXX Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient renting.
DSS specific information:
The variable HH_RENT_FREQ_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture household rent frequency.
Conditional 1 - Recipient—rent type, code AAA Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient renting.
DSS specific information:
The variable RENT_TYPE_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture rent type.
Conditional 1 - Recipient—type of shared accommodation, code AAA DSS specific information:
Type of shared accommodation refers to the variable ACCOM_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Recipient—weekly rent paid, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient renting.
DSS specific information:
Weekly rent amount refers to the variable WEEKLY_RENT_AMT in the PIA research data set.
‘Total recipient rent amount’ is used to create the derived variable, but is not included in the data set.
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Cluster Children Cluster Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having dependent children.
Conditional 1 1 Recipient—family tax benefit child, total number N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient being eligible for family tax benefit.
DSS specific information:
Number of Family Tax Benefit children refers to the variable NUM_FTB_CHILD in the PIA research data set.
Up to 16 children may be recorded.
Conditional 1 2 Recipient—youngest family tax benefit child date of birth, MMYYYY Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient being eligible for family tax benefit.
DSS specific information:
Youngest Family Tax Benefit child date of birth refers to the variable YGEST_FTB_CHD_DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 3 Recipient—regular care child, total number N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having care of a child between 14% and 34% of the time.
DSS specific information:
Number of regular care children refers to the variable NUM_RCC_CHILD in the PIA research data set.
Up to 16 children may be recorded.
Conditional 1 4 Recipient—youngest regular care child date of birth, MMYYYY Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having care of a child between 14% and 34% of the time.
DSS specific information:
Youngest regular care child date of birth refers to the variable YGEST_RCC_CHD_DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 5 Recipient—Double Orphan Pension eligibility indicator, yes/missing code A DSS specific information:
Double Orphan Pension eligibility indicator refers to the variable FTB_DOP_ELIG_IND in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 6 Recipient—multiple birth indicator, yes/missing code A DSS specific information:
Multiple birth indicator refers to the variable MUL_BIRTH_ELIG_IND in the PIA research data set.
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Cluster Demographics Cluster Mandatory 1 - Person—citizenship country, code AA DSS specific information:
Although an individual can have up to 7 citizenships, the PIA research DSS only displays the first country of citizenship. This country has been aggregated to Australia, New Zealand or Other.
Country of citizenship refers to the variable CITIZENSHIP in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—citizenship country, total number N DSS specific information:
Only whole numbers between 1 and 7 inclusive can be recorded for this data element.
Number of citizenships refers to the variable CTZN_NUMBER in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—citizenship date of effect, MMYYYY DSS specific information:
Citizenship date of effect refers to the variable CTRY_CTZN_DOE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN DSS specific information:
Country of birth refers to the variable BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—country of residence, code (SACC 2016) NNNN DSS specific information:
Country of residence refers to the variable ADDR_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—date of birth, MMYYYY DSS specific information:
An abbreviated date of birth (MMYYYY) is used to protect the privacy of recipients.
Date of birth refers to the variable DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—date of death, MMYYYY Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the death flag indicating a person's death.
DSS specific information:
Date of death refers to the variable DOD_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 - Person—Indigenous status, code A DSS specific information:
Indigenous status refers to the variable INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—marital status, recipient code AAA DSS specific information:
Marital status refers to the variable MARITAL_STS_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—partner refugee indicator, yes/missing code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a person having a partner.
DSS specific information:
Partner refugee indicator refers to the variable PTNR_REFUGEE_STS in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 - Person—partner's country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a person having a partner.
DSS specific information:
Partner's country of birth refers to the variable PTNR_BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 - Person—partner's date of birth, MMYYYY Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a person having a partner.
DSS specific information:
Partner's date of birth refers to the variable PTNR_DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 - Person—partner's Indigenous status, code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a person having a partner.
DSS specific information:
Partner's Indigenous status refers to the variable PTN_INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 - Person—partner's sex/gender, code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a person having a partner.
DSS specific information:
Partner's sex/gender refers to the variables PTNR_GENDER in the PIA research data set.
The data are collected as ‘sex’ but interpreted as ‘gender’. Values may change over time if an individual’s gender identity alters during their lifetime.
Conditional 1 - Person—preferred spoken language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] DSS specific information:
Preferred spoken language refers to the variables LANG_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—preferred written language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] DSS specific information:
Preferred written language refers to the variables PREF_LANG_LANG in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—refugee indicator, yes/missing code A DSS specific information:
Refugee indicator refers to the variable REFUGEE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Person—sex/gender, code A DSS specific information:
Sex/gender refers to the variable GENDER in the PIA research data set.
The data are collected as ‘sex’ but interpreted as ‘gender’. Values may change over time if an individual’s gender identity alters during their lifetime.
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Cluster Disability Cluster Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the person being a recipient of, or an applicant for, a Disability Support Pension or Sickness allowance.
Conditional 1 1 Recipient—primary medical condition, code AAA DSS specific information:
Primary medical condition refers to the variable PRMY_MED_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 2 Recipient—impairment rating for first medical condition, code N[N] DSS specific information:
Impairment rating for first medical condition refers to the variable IMPRMT_RATE1 in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 3 Recipient—impairment rating for second medical condition, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a second medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Impairment rating for second medical condition refers to the variable IMPRMT_RATE2 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 4 Recipient—impairment rating for third medical condition, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a third medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Impairment rating for third medical condition refers to the variable IMPRMT_RATE3 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 5 Recipient—impairment rating for fourth medical condition, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a fourth medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Impairment rating for fourth medical condition refers to the variable IMPRMT_RATE4 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 6 Recipient—impairment rating for fifth medical condition, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a fifth medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Impairment rating for fifth medical condition refers to the variable IMPRMT_RATE5 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 7 Recipient—medical condition, total impairment rating NN[N] DSS specific information:
Total impairment rating of medical conditions refers to the variable TOT_IMPRMT_RATE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 8 Recipient—primary medical condition, permanency code A Mandatory 1 9 Recipient—permanency of first medical condition, code A DSS specific information:
Permanency of primary medical condition refers to the variable PERM_CODE1 in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 10 Recipient—permanency of second medical condition, code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a second medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Permanency of second medical condition refers to the variable PERM_CODE2 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 11 Recipient—permanency of third medical condition, code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a third medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Permanency of third medical condition refers to the variable PERM_CODE3 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 12 Recipient—permanency of fourth medical condition, code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a fourth medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Permanency of third medical condition refers to the variable PERM_CODE4 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 13 Recipient—permanency of fifth medical condition, code A Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient having a fifth medical condition.
DSS specific information:
Permanency of fifth medical condition refers to the variable PERM_CODE5 in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 14 Recipient—type of work capacity assessment, employment services/job capacity assessment code AAA Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a work capacity assessment being undertaken.
DSS specific information:
Job capacity/employment services assessment refers to the variable JCA_ESA_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 15 Recipient—assessment report, date MMYYYY Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a work capacity assessment being undertaken.
DSS specific information:
This data element may be completed twice, once for an Employment Services Assessment and once for a Job Capacity Assessment.
Assessment report date of effect refers to the variable ASS_RPT_DATE_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 2 16 Recipient—work capacity assessment before intervention, total hours XX[XXX] Conditional obligation:
Conditional upon an intervention being carried out.
DSS specific information:
Work capacity assessment before intervention refers to the variable PM_BASE_WORK_CAP in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 17 Recipient—work capacity assessment with intervention, total hours XX[XXX] Conditional obligation:
Conditional upon an intervention being carried out.
DSS specific information:
Work capacity assessment with intervention refers to the variable PM_CAP_WITH_INTRVN in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 18 Recipient—blindness indicator, code A DSS specific information:
Blindness indicator refers to the variable BLIND_IND in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 19 Recipient—blindness start date, MMYYYY Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a 'Yes' response to Recipient—blindness indicator, code A .
DSS specific information:
Blindness start date refers to the variable BLIND_START_DATE in the PIA research data set.
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Cluster Income and Assets Cluster Mandatory 1 - Recipient—continuous earning source, total number N[N] DSS specific information:
Number of continuous earning sources refers to the variable NUM_OF_CON_EARN_SOURCE in the PIA research data set.
Up to 16 continuous earning sources may be recorded.
Mandatory 1 - Recipient—continuous earnings, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN DSS specific information:
Total quarterly continuous earnings refers to the variable TOT_QTR_CON_EARNINGS in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Recipient—one-time earning source, total number N[N] DSS specific information:
Number of one-time earning sources refers to the variable NUM_OF_IOP_EARN_SOURCE in the PIA research data set.
Up to 16 one-time earning sources may be recorded.
Mandatory 1 - Recipient—one-time earnings, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN DSS specific information:
Total of one-time earnings refers to the variable TOT_QTR_IOP_EARNINGS in the PIA research data set.
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Cluster Income support information Cluster Mandatory 1 1 Recipient—identifier, scrambled customer reference number N(9) DSS specific information:
Scrambled customer reference number refers to the variable SCRAMBLED_PERSON_ID in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 2 Recipient—Centrelink benefit type, code AAA DSS specific information:
Centrelink benefit type refers to the variable BEN_TYPE_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 99 3 Recipient—benefit status, code A DSS specific information:
Benefit status refers to the variables BEN_STS_CODE and STS_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 2 4 Recipient—partner identifier, scrambled customer reference number N(9) Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a person having a partner.
DSS specific information:
Scrambled partner's identifier CRN refers to the variable SCRAMBLED_PTNR_PERSON_ID in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 5 Recipient—partner's Centrelink benefit type, code AAA Conditional obligation:
Conditional on a person having a partner.
DSS specific information:
Partner's Centrelink benefit type refers to the variable PTNR_BEN_TYPE_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 99 6 Recipient—carer allowance entitlement indicator, yes/missing code A DSS specific information:
Carer allowance entitlement indicator refers to the variables FTB_CDA_ELIG_IND and CDA in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 7 Recipient—reason for payment suspension, code AAA Conditional obligation:
Conditional on 'Suspended' being recorded for Recipient—benefit status, code A .
DSS specific information:
Reason for payment suspension refers to the variable RSN_CODE in the PIA research data set.
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Cluster Location Cluster Mandatory 1 - Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN DSS specific information:
Refers to the postcode of the recipient.
Mandatory 1 - Person—area of usual residence, Australian state/territory code AA[A] DSS specific information:
State or territory of usual residence refers to the variable ADDR_STATE_CODE in the PIA research data set.
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Cluster Reporting period Cluster Mandatory 1 1 Recipient—reporting period start date, DDAAAYYYY DSS specific information:
This data element refers to the start date for the quarter.
Extract start date refers to the variable QTR_START_DATE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 2 Recipient—reporting period end date, DDAAAYYYY DSS specific information:
This data element refers to the end date for the quarter.
Extract end date refers to the variable QTR_END_DATE in the PIA research data set.
Mandatory 1 - Recipient—level of educational attainment, code XXX Conditional obligation:
Conditional on the recipient receiving Youth Allowance (student or apprentice), AUSTUDY or ABSTUDY and who are not in receipt of other income support.
DSS specific information:
Level of educational attainment by the recipient refers to the variable EDU_LVL_ATTAIN_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional 1 
