3.1 PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
The publications available from the 2003-04 HES and SIH are listed below. All can be downloaded free of charge from the ABS website.
Household Expenditure Survey and Survey of Income and Housing User Guide (cat. no. 6503.0) describes the definitions, concepts, methodology and estimation procedures used in the surveys. It also contains a list of the SIH and HES output items and the Household Expenditure Classification.
Household Expenditure Survey: Summary of Results (cat. no. 6530.0) contains summary tables of the 2003-04 HES results. Includes tables of expenditure on broad categories of goods and services by such characteristics as household income quintile group; household net worth quintile group; principal source of household income; state of residence; family composition of household; tenure type; and age of the reference person. State and capital city versions of the tables included in this publication are also available.
Household Expenditure Survey: Detailed Expenditure Items (cat. no. 6535.0.55.001) contains tables of household expenditure at the finest level of detail for goods and services (over 600 categories). Tables are cross classified by income quintile, state/territory and capital city.
Household Income and Income Distribution (cat. no. 6523.0) presents estimates of the income, net worth and other characteristics of households and persons resident in private dwellings in Australia, compiled from the 2003-04 SIH. It includes estimates of the distribution of household income across the population.
Household Income and Income Distribution: Detailed tables (cat. no. 6523.0.55.001) contains information on the income and characteristics of households and persons resident in private dwellings in Australia, compiled from the SIH. The tables provide more detailed dissections (such as by age of persons in the household) and additional classifications to those included in Household Income and Income Distribution (cat. no. 6523.0).
Household Wealth and Wealth Distribution (cat. no. 6554.0) presents data from the SIH on estimates of household net worth, or wealth, classified by various characteristics, including summary measures of the distribution of household net worth in Australia.
Housing Occupancy and Costs (cat. no. 4130.0.55.001) contains data from the SIH on Australian housing costs and relates these to characteristics of occupants and dwellings such as tenure, family composition of household, dwelling structure, age, income and principal source of income. It also includes value of dwelling estimates for capital cities, and information on recent home buyers.
The Effects of Government Benefits and Taxes on Household Income (cat. no. 6537.0) describes the results of a study which uses HES data in conjunction with other data such as government finance statistics to calculate the effects of government benefits and taxes on household income. It provides estimates of government cash benefits received (e.g. age pension and unemployment benefits), personal taxes paid, indirect benefits received (from government spending on health, education, welfare and housing) and indirect taxes paid (e.g. goods and services tax) by households, classified by selected characteristics. Expected to be released in December 2006.
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