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Definition

The source from which a person derives the greatest proportion of his/her cash income, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Sources of Income ABS Code NNNN ".
Data Type NUMBERSTRING
Format NNNN
Maximum character length 4
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1101 Employee income
2101 Unincorporated business income
3101 Age Pension
3102 Newstart Allowance
3103 Service Pension (DVA)
3104 Disability Support Pension (Centrelink)
3105 Wife Pension
3106 Sickness Allowance
3107 Widow Allowance (Centrelink)
3108 Special Benefit
3109 Partner Allowance
3110 Carer Payment
3111 Family Tax Benefit
3112 War Widow(er)'s Pension (including income support supplement) (DVA)
3113 Disability Pension (DVA)
3114 Parenting Payment
3115 Carer Allowance
3116 Youth Allowance
3117 Austudy / ABSTUDY
3118 Pensions and allowances from overseas governments
3199 Other government pensions and allowances nec (not elsewhere classified)
9101 Interest
9102 Dividends
9103 Rent
9104 Royalties
9199 Investment Income nec
9201 Superannuation pensions and annuities
9301 Workers' compensation
9302 Payments from accident/ sickness insurance
9303 Transfers from other households
9304 Scholarships
9399 Other current transfers nec
9499 Other income nec

Origin

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables. Viewed 3 November 2012.

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0