Definition
The Income Support Information Cluster defines information in relation to the identification of Centrelink recipients and their partners; the type and status of Centrelink benefits; and income management initiatives recipients may be subject to.
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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PIA_Recipient—identifier, scrambled customer reference number N(9)
Specific Information:
Scrambled customer reference number refers to the variable SCRAMBLED_PERSON_ID in the PIA research data set. |
Number | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Payment: Benefit type, Code
0.1
Specific Information:
Centrelink benefit type refers to the variable BEN_TYPE_CODE in the PIA research data set. |
String | 4 | mandatory | 99 | |
|
Recipient: Benefit status, code
0.1
Specific Information:
Benefit status refers to the variables BEN_STS_CODE and STS_CODE in the PIA research data set. |
String | 1 | mandatory | 2 | |
|
Recipient—partner identifier, scrambled customer reference number N(9)
Specific Information:
Scrambled partner's identifier CRN refers to the variable SCRAMBLED_PTNR_PERSON_ID in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on a person having a partner. |
Number | 9 | conditional | 1 | |
|
Recipient—partner's Centrelink benefit type, code AAA
Specific Information:
Partner's Centrelink benefit type refers to the variable PTNR_BEN_TYPE_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on a person having a partner. |
String | 4 | conditional | 99 | |
|
Recipient—carer allowance entitlement indicator, yes/missing code A
Specific Information:
Carer allowance entitlement indicator refers to the variables FTB_CDA_ELIG_IND and CDA in the PIA research data set. |
String | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Payment: Reason for payment suspension or cancellation, Code
0.1
Specific Information:
Reason for payment suspension refers to the variable RSN_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on 'Suspended' being recorded for Recipient—benefit status, code A. |
String | 3 | conditional | 1 |
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |
Contained in the following datasets
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Priority investment approach research DSS
Statuses: UnregisteredThe Priority Investment Approach (PIA) research data set specification (DSS) defines longitudinal social security information related to Centrelink recipients and their...(mandatory)