Household—gross income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Income - gross (household) |
Synonymous names: | Income - gross (household) |
METEOR identifier: | 270318 |
Registration status: | Housing assistance, Retired 10/02/2006 |
Definition: | The value of gross weekly income from all sources (before deductions for income tax, superannuation, etc.) for all household members expressed as dollars per week. |
Context: | Gross household income is used to calculate the low income status of a household. |
Data Element Concept: | Household—gross income |
Value Domain: | Total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Currency | |
Format: | N[NNNNN].NN | |
Maximum character length: | 8 | |
Unit of measure: | Australian currency (AU$) |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The main components of gross income are:
Gross income is regarded as all receipts which are received regularly and are of a recurring nature. Certain receipts such as lump sum receipts, windfall gains and withdrawals from savings are not considered to conform to these criteria and are not included as income. |
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Comments: | In the Commonwealth Housing data set including Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA), the counting unit is an income unit rather than a household, and income from all sources is referred to as total private income. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Public rental housing data manual 2001-02 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Is formed using Household—low income status, code N Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006 |
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