Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Object Class |
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Synonymous names: | Income unit |
METeOR identifier: | 268986 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Community Services (retired), Standard 31/08/2007 |
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. |
Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Centrelink income unit Housing assistance, Standard 11/04/2005 Has been superseded by Income unit Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Supersedes Supersedes |
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class: | Income unit—Commonwealth government payment type Housing assistance, Retired 10/02/2006 Income unit—income unit identifier Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006 Income unit—income unit identifier Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 |