APPENDIX D: SHORT INCOME MODULE - TELEPHONE INTERVIEW
COMPUTER ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEW (CATI)
Background information about this module is available from 'Collection of Variable Data' under 'Total Income'. This module is intended for computer assisted telephone interviewing.
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| Question wording | To population |
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Q01
<Note> The following preamble must be read by the interviewer when respondent answering for self. When interviewing the respondent about other people in the household, it is optional.
<preamble>
I would now like to ask you some questions about income. Information on income provides an indication of living standards for different population groups in different areas of Australia.
[Do you/does (proxy name)] receive income from any of these sources:
Interviewer: Read out categories, pause after each one for a 'Yes' or 'No' response.
Multiple response is allowed. |  |
1. Wages or salary
2. Profit or loss from [your/his/her] own unincorporated business or share in a partnership
3. Profit or loss from [your/his/her] rental investment property
4. Any government pension, benefit or allowance
5. Superannuation, an annuity or private pension
6. Any other regular source
7. Interviewer: None of the above | 1-6. →Q02
7. →END |
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Q02
[After business expenses, but before income tax/After investment expenses, but before income tax/After business and investment expenses, but before income tax/Before income tax][or salary sacrifice] is taken out, how much [do you/does (proxy name)] usually receive from [this source/these sources] in total?
Interviewer: Enter dollar amount. If nil income, enter zero. If amount is negative, enter option 2 'Loss' at Q03
If respondent unable to answer, prompt for their best estimate.
(Allow numerical entry) | |
| <0-999999997> | →Q02A |
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| Q02A - Sequence Guide | |
1. If Q02 = nil income
2. If Q01 = 2 or 3
3. Else | 1. →End
2. →Q03
3. →Q04 |
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Q03
Interviewer: Enter if total amount received from all sources was a profit or loss. | |
1. Profit
2. Loss | → Q04 |
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Q04
What period does that cover? | |
1. Week
2. Fortnight
3. Four weeks
4. Calendar month
5. Quarter
6. Year
7. Other (please specify) | 1-6. →END or Q06
7. →Q05 |
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Q05
Interviewer: Enter 'other' period. | |
| (Allow text entry) | →END or Q06 |
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Q06 (optional)
<Note: Main source of income can be derived if complete data are available for each source of income. For those reporting just one source, that is their main source. Where complete data are not reported for each source, for instance where the respondent did not know the amount, it is suggested that respondents be sequenced to this question>
You have told me that [you/proxy name] [receive/receives] [list all sources of income].
What is [your/(proxy name)'s] main source of income?
Interviewer: If main source is unknown the module has ended. | |
1. Wages or salary
2. Own unincorporated business or share in a partnership
3. Rental investment property
4. Any government pension or allowance
5. Superannuation, an annuity or private pension
6. Any other regular source
7. Nil or negative
8. Interviewer: Don't know | →END |
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Word substitution
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| Question word sub appears in | Details |
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| Q01, Q02 | [do you/does (proxy name)]
Insert 'do you' if respondent answering for self.
Otherwise insert 'does (proxy name)'. |
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| Q01 | [your/his/her]
Insert 'your' if respondent answering for self.
Insert 'his' if proxy respondent is male.
Insert 'her' if proxy respondent is female. |
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| Q02 | [After business expenses, but before income tax/After investment expenses, but before income tax/After business and investment expenses, but before income tax/Before income tax]
If Q01= 2 and Q01^=3 / if Q01 = 3 and Q01^ = 2 / if Q01 = 2 and Q01 = 3 / otherwise insert [Before income tax]. |
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| Q02 | [or salary sacrifice]
If Q01 = 1. |
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| Q02 | [this source/these sources]
Insert 'this source' if single response reported in Q01.
Insert 'these sources' if multiple responses reported in Q01. |
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| Q06 | [you/proxy name]
Insert 'you' if respondent answering for self.
Otherwise insert 'proxy name'. |
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| Q06 | [receive/receives]
Insert 'receive' if respondent answering for self.
Insert 'receives' if reporting for proxy respondent. |
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| Q06 | [list all sources of income]
List applicable sources with a comma between each and an 'and' before the last source if multiples apply:
a. wages or salary (if Q01 = 1)
b. own unincorporated business or share in a partnership (if Q01 = 2 and Q03 = 1)
c. rental investment property (if Q01 = 3 and Q03 = 1)
d. any government pension or allowance (if Q01 = 4)
e. superannuation, an annuity or private pension (Q01 = 5)
f. income from another source (Q01 = 6). |
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| Q06 | [your/(proxy name)'s]
Insert 'your' if respondent answering for self.
Otherwise insert '(proxy name)'s'. |
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