1287.0 - Standards for Cash Income Statistics, 1997  
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APPENDIX D: ISS CASH INCOME MODULES


The modules used to collect cash income data in the Indigenous Social Survey (ISS) are based on the Basic module used in the General Social Survey (GSS). Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) is an additional response category in Q6 and Q15, and ABSTUDY is added to Q12. It comprises 8 questions, plus sequence guides and data entry fields. It is designed for Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing, but may be adapted for a paper and pencil instrument. Due to the use of prompt cards, it is not suitable for telephone interviewing. Prompt cards list the response categories for the question. In the first question module in this document the response options are shown below the question.

This is essentially the Basic module and is recommended wherever a measure of economic well-being is required in a collection specifically targeting the Indigenous population, particularly when 'Principal source of cash income' is an output item or where disaggregation of Australian government transfer payments may be necessary.

Note that because Q2 collects Unincorporated business and Property cash income for last financial year and Q6 explicitly excludes receipts from these sources for the current period, it is possible for a respondent whose only income last financial year was from a source collected on a current basis in Q6 and whose only current income is from a source collected at Q2 to appear to have no income. By the same token, a respondent whose only income last financial year was from a source collected at Q2 and whose only current income is from a source collected at Q6 may appear to have 'current' income from both sets of sources.


Interviewer: This is the start of the Personal Income module.
Q1I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT INCOME.

Interviewer: Show Prompt Card

IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR DID YOU RECEIVE INCOME FROM ANY OF THESE SOURCES?

Interviewer: If 'yes', prompt for which ones.

Interviewer: More than one response is allowed. Press space bar between responses.

Interviewer: Ctrl R may be entered if necessary.
1 - Profit or loss from own unincorporated business or share in a partnership
2 - Profit or loss from rental property
3 - Dividends or interest
4 - No / None of these


Q5
Q2BEFORE INCOME TAX IS TAKEN OUT, BUT AFTER BUSINESS EXPENSES HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED, HOW MUCH DID YOU RECEIVE FROM [THIS SOURCE/THESE SOURCES] LAST FINANCIAL YEAR?
1 - Amount
2 - Nil
Q5
Q3Interviewer: Enter dollar amount.oooooooo
Q4Interviewer: Indicate whether this was profit or loss.
1 - Profit
2 - Loss
Q5Interviewer: Show Prompt Card

DO YOU CURRENTLY RECEIVE INCOME FROM ANY OF THESE SOURCES?

Interviewer: If 'yes', prompt for which ones.

Interviewer: More than one response is allowed.
1 - CDEP (Community Development Employment Project)
2 - Wages or salary
3 - Government pension or allowance (include ABSTUDY and Family Tax Benefit if received fortnightly)
4 - Child Support or maintenance
5 - Superannuation or Annuity
6 - Any other regular source (excluding profit or loss from business, rent or investment)
7 - No / None of these		Q9
Q6BEFORE INCOME TAX IS TAKEN OUT HOW MUCH DO YOU USUALLY RECEIVE FROM [THIS SOURCE / THESE SOURCES] IN TOTAL?

Interviewer: Prompt for income received before rent is deducted. Enter amount. If respondent unable to answer prompt for their best estimate. Remember to exclude automatic deductions e.g. rent.
$1.-.$99999997oooooooo
Q7WHAT PERIOD DOES THAT COVER?
1 - Week
2 - Fortnight
3 - Four weeks
4 - Calendar month
5 - Year
6 - Other (Specify in Q8)		Q9
Q9
Q9
Q9
Q9
Q8Interviewer: Enter other period.
text entry (other period)
Q9Sequence Guide:
1 - If currently receive income from government pension or allowance (Code '3' in Q5)Q10
2 - If more than one source of income (Q1 and Q6 combined have more than one response)Q14
3 - Otherwise End
Q10Interviewer: Show Prompt Card

DO YOU CURRENTLY RECEIVE ANY OF THESE PENSIONS ALLOWANCES OR BENEFITS?

Interviewer: If 'Yes', prompt for which one.

Interviewer: Only one response is allowed.
10 - Australian Age Pension
11 - Newstart Allowance
12 - Mature Age Allowance
13 - Service Pension (DVA) (exclude Superannuation e.g. DFRDB)
14 - Disability Support Pension (Centrelink)
15 - Wife Pension
16 - Carer Payment
17 - Sickness Allowance
18 - Widow Allowance (Widow B Pension) (Centrelink)
19 - Special Benefit
20 - Partner Allowance
21 - Youth Allowance
22 - No / None of these
23 - Don't know
Q11Interviewer: If 'Yes', prompt for which ones.

Interviewer: Show Prompt Card

DO YOU CURRENTLY RECEIVE ANY OF THESE PENSIONS ALLOWANCES OR OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE?

Interviewer: More than one response is allowed.
1 - War Widow's Pension (DVA)
2 - Disability Pension (DVA)
3 - Carer Allowance (Child Disability Allowance) (Centrelink)
4 - Overseas Pensions or Benefits
5 - Family Tax Benefit
6 - Parenting Payment
7 - ABSTUDY Allowance
8 - Other (Specify)
9 - No/none of these
10 - Don't know		Q13
Q13
Q13
Q13
Q13
Q13
Q13


Q13
Q12WHAT OTHER PENSION ALLOWANCE OR OTHER FORM OF ASSISTANCE DO YOU CURRENTLY RECEIVE?

Interviewer: Enter other pension, allowance or other form of assistance.
* text entry (pension, allowance or assistance)
Q13Sequence Guide:
1 - If more than one source of income (Q1 and Q5 combined have more than one response)Q14
2 - Otherwise End
Q14Interviewer: Show Prompt Card

WHAT IS YOUR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME?
10 - CDEP (Community Development Employment Project)
11 - Wages or salary (including from own incorporated business)
12 - Profit or loss from own unincorporated business or share in a partnership
13 - Profit or loss from rental property
14 - Dividends or interest
15 - Any Government pension or allowance
16 - Child Support or maintenance
17 - Superannuation or Annuity
18 - Workers' Compensation
19 - Other

The question module used in the 2002 Indigenous Social Survey (ISS) in remote communities is structured quite differently from other cash income question modules. Like the non-remote ISS module, it provides for specific aspects of Labour force participation (Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP)) in Indigenous communities and specific entitlements for Indigenous students (ABSTUDY). It is structured in the form of seven questions plus sequence guides and data entry fields. In reality, it comprises a single question with five response categories. The interviewer is directed to collect the gross amount and applicable period for any response category eliciting a 'yes' response. Where the respondent receives an 'Other government pension or allowance', answering 'yes' to Q5, the name of the payment is collected at Q8. It is designed for Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing, but may be adapted for a paper and pencil instrument. This module is not recommended for use outside of its intended context, for administration in remote Indigenous communities as part of the ISS.

Q1I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY MONEY YOU GET.

DO YOU GET MONEY FROM:

Interviewer: If 'Yes', ask how much was that before tax or anything else was taken out?' and 'How often is that?"
Q2CDEP (AND 'TOP UP')?
Refusal
*Amount (6 digits)
*Number of weeks (2 digits)
*Number of months (2 digits)
No income
Don't know
Q3WAGES OR SALARY?
Refusal
*Amount (6 digits)
*Number of weeks (2 digits)
*Number of months (2 digits)
No income
Don't know
Q4THE GOVERNMENT FAMILY PAYMENT?
Refusal
*Amount (6 digits)
*Number of weeks (2 digits)
*Number of months (2 digits)
No income
Don't know
Q5ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT PENSION OR ALLOWANCE?
Refusal
*Amount (6 digits)
*Number of weeks (2 digits)
*Number of months (2 digits)
No income
Don't know
Q6ANY OTHER REGULAR SOURCE?

*specify (text entry)
Refusal
*Amount (6 digits)
*Number of weeks (2 digits)
*Number of months (2 digits)
No income
Don't know
Q7Sequence Guide
1 - If Q5 answered
2 - Otherwise		Q8
End
Q8WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GOVERNMENT PENSION OR ALLOWANCE YOU RECEIVED?

Interviewer: Prompt for more than one.
* Text entry

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