Person—source of cash income (principal), code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Source of principal income |
Synonymous names: | Main income source |
METEOR identifier: | 321063 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006 |
Definition: | The source from which a person derives the greatest proportion of his/her income, as represented by a code. |
Context: | An indicator of the needs and circumstances of individuals and sometimes used in assessment of income equity. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—source of cash income (principal) |
Value Domain: | Source of cash income code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | A person with more than one source of income should be categorised only to the value domain category, which best describes their primary source of income. The value domain categories shown above can be linked to broad sources of cash income specified in the Statistical Concepts Library of the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 'Sources of cash income' and 'Principal source of cash income' are classified to the Standard classification of sources of cash income. This is a three level hierarchical classification and is described in detail at the broad (one-digit), narrow (two-digit) and detailed (four-digit) levels. CODE 1 Primary cash income: Payments from an employer or own limited liability company, including wages or salary, tips, piece rates, penalty rates, loadings, regular bonuses, payment for time not worked (sick leave, recreation leave, public holidays etc.) and director's fees. An employee is classed as receiving cash from an employer or his/her own incorporated enterprise. CODE 2 Unincorporated business cash income: Unincorporated business cash income is net of operating expenses including: labour costs in the form of wages, salaries and supplements; the value of raw materials and services purchased; the repair and maintenance of equipment (including vehicles); the purchase of fuel; indirect taxes; interest paid in connection with the business; and rent paid for buildings and land used in the business. Unincorporated business cash income is also net of depreciation of capital, such as machinery, vehicles and tools used in the business. CODE 3 Government cash pensions and allowances All government cash pensions, benefits and allowances. CODE 4 Other income: Includes cash income deriving from the ownership of assets (comprising returns from financial assets, physical assets and from intellectual assets), superannuation/annuities, transfers from private organisations (e.g. workers compensation), transfers from other households (e.g. child support payments) and scholarships. |
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Collection methods: | Please note the difference between the permissible values of this Value domain and the ABS classification (that is, Code 4 of this Value domain maps to code 9 of the classification and Code 9 of this value domain is a supplementary value.). |
Source and reference attributes | |
Reference documents: | Statistical concepts library, Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables, Cash Income Variables, Framework for Standard Cash Income Variables, Classification and Coding, Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Reference online through: Ausstats Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables, Cash Income Variables |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | If the person has multiple sources of income and none equal to or greater than 50%, the one, which contributes the largest percentage, should be counted. If there is more than one source and they are exactly equal, list the source of income which the person most identifies as receiving from the primary occupation. Included is cash income that may be received from employment (Employee cash income), as a profit or loss from an unincorporated enterprise (Unincorporated business cash income), from the ownership of assets (Property cash income). Income may also be derived from current transfers from government (pensions and benefits) or from private sources, such as superannuation funds. An individual may receive cash income from more than one source. Excluded from this concept is income in kind e.g. barter for goods or services. |
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Collection methods: | This question is not asked of person's aged less than 15 years because they are generally dependants. While this standard specifies the collection of data at the 1-digit level, individual community services data collections may use more detailed categories for one or more of the above for program or service-specific purposes. For example, the Commonwealth State Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set separately identifies disability support pension recipients and other pension/benefit recipients. It is permissible for agencies to collect at 2- or 4-digit as well, if this suits their purposes. 'Principal source of cash income' may classify the same person (or household, family, or income unit) to different categories, depending upon the level of the classification at which it is collected and output. For example, if a person receives 40% of their income from wages, 35% from Rent, and 25% from Interest, then when collected at the base level of the classification, the Principal source will be ‘Employee cash income’ (Wages). When collected at the two digit level, it will be ‘Property cash income’ (rent 35% and Interest 24% combined), and at the top level, it will be Other cash income. The 2- and 4-digit levels are described below: Narrow 2 digit representation 11 Employee cash income Detailed (four-digit) representation 1101 Employee cash income
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the National Community Services Data Committee. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—income source (principal), code N[N] Community Services (retired), Superseded 29/04/2006 Has been superseded by Person—source of cash income (principal), code N Community Services (retired), Recorded 01/07/2009 See also Person—source of cash income (all) code NN Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006 See also Person—source of cash income (all), code NNNN Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 See also Person—source of cash income (all), housing assistance code N[.N.N.N] Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 |