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Definition

The PIA Accommodation Cluster defines information about households and recipients that are eligible to receive Centrelink rental payments (type, frequency, payee, weekly payment amount), and information about homeownership status, accommodation type and subtenant status.

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Data Elements
Reference Data Element Data Type Length Inclusion #
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Specific Information:

Household rent frequency refers to the variable HH_RENT_FREQ_CODE in the PIA research data set.

Conditional Inclusion:

Conditional on the household renting.

conditional 1
PIA_Household—rent payer, code A
Specific Information:

The variable RENT_PAYER_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture the rent payer in the household.

Conditional Inclusion:

Conditional on the household renting.

String 1 conditional 1
PIA_Household—weekly rent paid, total Australian currency N[9].NN
Specific Information:

Weekly household rent amount refers to the variable WEEKLY_HH_RENT_AMT in the PIA research data set.

'Total household rent amount’ is used to create the derived variable, but is not included in the PIA research data set.

For the PIA research DSS the Guide for use information is not applicable.

Conditional Inclusion:

Conditional on the household renting.

Decimal 11 conditional 1
PIA_Recipient—government subtenant status, code AAA
Specific Information:

The variable GOVT_SUBTENANT_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture whether the recipient is a sub-tenant in accommodation where the primary tenant pays a subsidised rental for public housing.

Conditional Inclusion:

Conditional on the household renting.

String 3 conditional 1
PIA_Recipient—home ownership status, code A
Specific Information:

The variable HOME_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture home ownership status.

String 1 mandatory 1
Recipient—rent frequency, code XXX
Specific Information:

The variable HH_RENT_FREQ_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture household rent frequency.

Conditional Inclusion:

Conditional on the recipient renting.

String 3 conditional 1
Household: Rent type, Code 0.1
Specific Information:

The variable RENT_TYPE_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture rent type.

Conditional Inclusion:

Conditional on the recipient renting.

String 3 conditional 1
Household: Shared accommodation type, Code 0.1
Specific Information:

Type of shared accommodation refers to the variable ACCOM_CODE in the PIA research data set.

String 3 mandatory 1
Recipient: Weekly rent paid, Total Australian currency 0.1
Specific Information:

Weekly rent amount refers to the variable WEEKLY_RENT_AMT in the PIA research data set.

‘Total recipient rent amount’ is used to create the derived variable, but is not included in the data set.

For the PIA research DSS the Guide for use information is not applicable.

Conditional Inclusion:

Conditional on the recipient renting.

Decimal 11 conditional 1

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Relation Count
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0

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