6553.0 - Information Paper: Survey of Income and Housing, User Guide, Australia, 2005-06  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/08/2007   
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CONTENTS

    Part 1 Concepts and Definitions
      1.1 Gross, disposable and final income
      1.2 Current, annual and weekly income
      1.3 Equivalised household income
      1.4 Components of income
      1.5 Low income households
      1.6 Gini coefficient and other measures of income distribution
      1.7 Wealth or net worth
      1.8 Household, income unit and person data
      1.9 Reference person
      1.10 Housing Statistics
    Part 2 Survey Methodology
      2.1 Scope and coverage
      2.2 Selected sample and final sample
      2.3 Data collection and data item description
      2.4 Data processing
      2.5 Income tax and other modelled data items
      2.6 Benchmarks and weighting of survey results
      2.7 Calculation of population counts, means, medians and other estimates
      2.8 Reliability of estimates
    Part 3 Data Availability
      3.1 Publications
      3.2 Special data services
      3.3 Supporting Material
      3.4 Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs)
    Part 4 Changes from Previous Surveys
      4.1 Changes in the 2005-06 SIH
      4.2 Changes in the 2003-04 SIH
      4.3 Changes in earlier surveys