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Definition

The main source of income for a given client, represented by a label.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Main source of income code 0.1 ".
Data Type String
Format AAA[A(9)]
Maximum character length 12
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values NIL Nil income
EMPLOYED Employee salary / wages
SELFEMPLOYED Self employed (Unincorporated business income)
GOVERNMENT Government payments / pensions / allowances
OTHER Other income including superannuation and investments
Supplementary Values NOTSTATED Not stated/Inadequately described

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 3
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0