Annual Family Income, 1996-1997 to 1998-1999 (Three Year Average)

\r\n\r\nThis data relates to the average annual family income of broadacre and dairy\r\nfarm properties which responded to the ABARE annual farm survey over a three\r\nyear period from 1996 -1997 to 1998 -1999. Average annual family income is\r\ncalculated as the family share of farm income plus any wages (that are\r\nincluded as farm costs for taxation assessment) paid to the owner manager,\r\nspouse and dependant children, plus all off-farm income of owner manager and\r\nspouse. The data is reported at the Statistical Division (SD) level for\r\nAustralia. This data relates to broadacre and dairy farms run by owner\r\nmanagers and has been collected by annual farm survey interview and is\r\nsupplemented by information in the farm accounts. The data is presented at a\r\nscale of 25000000. The following attributes are contained within the dataset;\r\nSd code a a unique 3 digit code for Statistical Divisions (SD), Sd name a the\r\nname of the Statistical Division (SD), Faminc a the average annual farm family\r\nincome for the period 1996-1997 to 1998-1999. RSE a the relative standard\r\nerror of the average farm equity ratio for the period 1996-1997 to 1998-1999.\r\nAg_land_ha a hectares of agricultural land use in the Statistical Division\r\n(SD). Note that metropolitan areas are assigned a value of -99999, whilst\r\nareas with no data are assigned a value of -88888.\r\n\r\nSee [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_afi__r9aa\r\n__00512a00.xml) for more detail.\r\n\r\n