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Israel 1972
Israel 1983
Israel 1995
Israel 2008
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Israel 1972 — source variable IL1972A_INCH — Total gross income of family
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24. What were your and your family's income not from work during the last 12 months? ____
[Question 24 was asked of persons aged 14+]

Record: regular income. Do not record: one-time income, such as: inheritance, severance pay, lottery win, etc.

A. Pensions, locally and from abroad. ____

B. Assistance, or allowances such as: national insurance, ministry of defense, Malben. ____

C. Assistance by relatives who do not live with you. ____

D. Gross income, from letting apartment, leasing property, interest, dividends, and non-active partnership in a business. ____

E. Other current income, not marked above. ____


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Israel 1983 — source variable IL1983A_INCHG — Total gross income in April 1983 for household (grouped)
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[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]

[Work]
[Questions 14-23]


[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14]


[Questions 18-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14, but worked in Israel during the previous 12 months, per question 17]


Income from salaried employment, from membership in a cooperative or as a soldier in the professional army:

27. What was your gross income (before deductions) from wages or salary, from all the work places in which you were employed in Israel, for each of the three months: April, March and February 1983.

Copy your gross salary from your pay slip.
Round off the amount to the nearest shekel.
If you had no income in a given month, write "0".
Indicate for each month whether the amount you reported is gross or net.

Gross income also includes:
Overtime pay, car allowance, refund of expenses, premiums, bonuses, 13th salary and back pay;
Payment for army reserve duty, sick leave, and maternity allowance;
Other additions to wages or salary.

If gross income is not known, report net income. Net income includes the take-home pay, plus amounts deducted for sick-fund dues, deposits in saving schemes, repayment of loans, etc.

A. April 1983 _ _ _ _ _ _

Is the amount you reported gross or net?

[] 1 Gross
[] 2 Net

B. March 1983 _ _ _ _ _ _

Is the amount you reported gross or net?

[] 1 Gross
[] 2 Net

C. February 1983 _ _ _ _ _ _

Is the amount you reported gross or net?

[] 1 Gross
[] 2 Net

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33. Question 27 -- explanations: Income from work as salaried employee

A. In this answer include incomes from salaried-work, including: incomes of cooperative members from salaried work and from cooperative profits, incomes of a soldier in compulsory/regular service.
If a person works in several jobs, include the gross income from all workplaces.
If a person has income from salaried-work as well as self-employed work, specify his/her income from salaried work in question 27 and income from self-employed work in question 28.

B. Whoever received salary for his/her work in at least one of the three months mentioned in the question, is asked to examine his/her paycheck and copy the gross wage -- for each month separately.
We are interested in the gross income, since it is not affected by random deductions in one month or another or deductions to the worker's personal status.

Notice!
In order to avoid mistakes, encourage the person to copy the sum from his/her paycheck.

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[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 27.]

C. "Gross income" includes all payments received by the worker (such as: overtime pay, premiums, 13th salary, refund of expenses, etc.), payments for car allowance, board and lodging and other additions. The gross income should also include payments received from the employer/other sources for periods of absence from work due to sickness, holiday, reserve army service, accident, birth, etc.

"Gross income" is the income before the following deductions: income tax, uniform tax, social security, insurance payments, pension payments, labor union taxes, etc.

"Net income" is the sum left after deducting income tax and social security payments from the gross income and before deducting all other payments.

"Sum for payment" is the sum left in the workers hands after all other deductions (uniform tax, repayment of loans, etc.).

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D. If a person does not know his/her gross income, he/she should write his/her net income. If a person does not receive a paycheck, but receives his salary each month in cash -- with no deductions whatsoever, he/she should register the sum received as net salary.
For example: A nanny receiving a sum of 6000 shekels a month, and the sum is not taxed -- should register her income as following:
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 27D.]

E. If a 13th salary has been received in one of the three months, it should be divided in 12 and the quotient added to the monthly gross amount.

F. The sum of the monthly income should be rounded to the nearest shekel and written in the squares, from right to left.
For example: if the gross income in April was 10,340.35 shekels, write--

[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 27F.]

In any case, mark whether the amount specified is net or gross income (circle the appropriate number).

Notice!
If the family has not written the sum properly, you should correct it and write the sum from right to left, rounded to the nearest shekel.

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Israel 1995 — source variable IL1995A_INCHH — Total monthly household income (ILS)
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Part C: Anyone 15 years and older is requested to fill-in both pages


[Questions 14-38 were asked of people 15 years or older.]

Income from self-employed work or as a farm owner

[Question 36 were asked of persons age 15+ who have worked during the past 12 months.]


36. What was your gross income from your work as self-employed or a farm owner?

Please include withdrawals from the business for private purposes as well as personal taxes such as income tax and National Insurance payments.

A. Gross income for September 1995.

[] NIS _ _ _ _ _ _
[] If you had no income please mark X

B. Gross income for 1994.

[] NIS _ _ _ _ _ _
[] If you had no income please mark X


37. Did you receive any National Security annuities during September, 1995?

A joint annuity (such as a couple's joint pension, annuity for children) should be marked for one of the couple only. Please answer all questions.

A. National Security children's pay

[] 1. Yes
[] 2. No

B. National Security old age pension

[] 1. Yes
[] 2. No

C. Other National Security annuities

[] 1. Yes
[] 2. No


38. Did you, during September 1995, have income from the following sources?

Joint income (such as property revenues) should be reported by one of the couple only. Please answer all questions.

A. Pension from a place of work or a Kupat Tagmulim in Israel.

[] 1. Yes. The sum in NIS _ _ _ _ _
[] 2. No

B. Pension or reparation from abroad.

[] 1. Yes. The sum in NIS _ _ _ _ _
[] 2. No

C. Other regular income, from sources other than work such as: pension from the Ministry of Defense, income from renting property, immigration absorption payments, grants, income from the army for compulsory service.

[] 1. Yes. The sum in NIS _ _ _ _ _
[] 2. No

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29. Question 34

34. What was your gross income (before deductions) from your salary, in September 1995?

[] If you did not have salary, mark an x and go to 36.

Include all payments from all workplaces you have worked in.
Please, copy your gross income from the paycheck.
Write the sum in whole Israeli Shekels.

Gross _ _ _ _ _ _ IS
Net (If the gross income is not known) _ _ _ _ _ _ IS

29.1 Gross income from salary

Gross income from salary includes all the payments the worker received from his work as an employee for the month of September.

Gross income includes the basic payments and all the extra payments, like: payments for extra hours, premium, 13th month salary, payment for recreation time, clothing, board and lodging, payments for car maintenance etc.

Gross income is the income before deductions of revenue taxes, National Security [Social Security], health insurance, payments to insurance funds, pension and compensation funds, to return a loan or any other deduction from the salary.

The gross income is important since it is uniform [in its components] and is not influenced by random deduction in one month or another, or from deductions related to the personal status of the worker (like: place of residence [along the borders and in developing towns the taxes are lower], number of children, loans, savings etc.).

29.2 Net income from salary

Only if there is no way to get the gross income, write the net income.

Net income is the sum remains after the deduction of income tax and social security from the gross income, and before the deduction of all other payments.

29.3 Additional explanations to question 34

A. A person who did not work as an employee in September has to answer question 34 too. He has to mark an x in the box on the left, and to go to question 36.

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B. In order to avoid errors, the employees are asked to copy the gross income from their paycheck.

C. Those who were absent from work on September, because of illness, vacation, reserve duty, accident etc, are to include in the gross income the payments received for the time of absence, from the employer or from other sources.

D. A person who worked as an employee in several workplaces in September has to sum up all the gross income received from all workplaces.

E. If on September, a person had an income from work as an employee and as a self-employed, he will write his income as an employee in this question (question 34) and his income as a self-employed in question 36.

F. Cooperative members will include in this question their income from work as employees and also their income from the cooperative revenues.

G. If the employee does not get a paycheck, and gets his salary in cash, he has to write it as a net income.

H. If on October, the person has not received his salary for the month of September, he has to write the salary paid for August.

29.4 How to write [the answer]

Write the income from right to left, in whole Israeli Shekels (without the Agorot).
Examples: 1. Income of 3,200.35 IS, Write: [Illustration]

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30. Question 35

35. For how many work days were you paid in the month of September 1995?
[] 1 For the whole month
[] 2 For part of the month

for _ _ days.


30.1 For the whole month

A person who received a full salary will mark the "for the whole month" answer, even if he was absent from work because of a holiday, reserve duty, sickness or any other reason.

A person who is usually employed part time, who received the full usual salary, will mark this answer too.

30.2 For part of the month

A person, whose salary for September was not a full salary, will mark an X in the box and will write the number of days he was paid for.

30.3 More than one workplace

A person, who received an income on a monthly basis and worked in more than one workplace, will refer to the main workplace, for example:

A person, who received a salary for the whole month from his main workplace, and also received a salary for part of the month from additional workplace, will mark an X in answer number 1: "For the whole month".

30.4 Daily pay

A person, who received an income on a daily basis and worked in more than one workplace (or changed his workplace in September), will sum-up the number of days he was paid for.

If he received a salary for the whole month, he will mark an X in answer 1.

If he received a salary for part of the month, he will mark an X in answer 2 and will write the number of days he was paid for.

32. Question 36

36. What was your gross income from your work as self-employed or as a farm owner?

Please include withdrawals from the business for private purposes and for individual taxes like income tax and National Security payments.

A. Gross income in September 1995.
_ _ _ _ _ _ IS
[] If you had no income, mark an X.
B. Gross income in 1994.
_ _ _ _ _ _ IS
[] If you had no income, mark an X.

32.1 Gross income from work as self-employed

It means the revenues of the business after deducting the current expenditures for the maintenance of the business (like materials, wages, rent for the building) and before the deduction of individual taxes like income tax, social security, and health insurance.

Revenue is what the business is paid for the products or services it sells.

Include in the gross income of self-employed the payments received from the National Security Institute like maternity allowance, reserve duty payment, accident insurance payment, workers' compensation and payments from other insurance funds.

32.2 Additional explanations to question 36

A. Mark an X in each of the boxes on the left, if there was no income as self-employed:
1. In September 1995 (for the month of September)
2. For the year of 1994.


B. If a business belongs to several partners, write the respondent's part only.

C. If a person had an income as self employed only in part of 1994, write this income.

D. If a person had an income in 1994, but in 1995 he is not working as self-employed (He is not working, or he works as an employee), write the income in 1994.

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E. If there were losses in September 1995, or in all 1994, write the number "0".

F. If a person works as self-employed and as an employee, he has to write his income from work as self-employed in this question (question 36) and his income as an employee in question 34.

34. Question 37

37. Did you receive any National Security annuities in September 1995?

A joint annuity (like a couple's joint old-age pension, children annuity) should be written in the questionnaire of ONE person only.
Please answer all parts.

A. National Security children's pay
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
B. National Security old age pension
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
C. Other National Security annuities
(Like survivors' allowance, unemployment, general disability)
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

A. A person who does not have income not derived from work has to answer these questions too. He has to mark an X in the boxes under the title NO.

B. A person who has income not derived from work, has to mark an X in the boxes titled YES and to write the annuities sums [This instruction is erroneous. No figures were asked for in this question. They were added by the means of cold-deck imputation from the Social Security files, after the census].

34.1 Children's pay

This annuity is paid for all the children to a single bank account.
Write this annuity only once in the questionnaire of one of the parents.

34.2 Old age pension

This annuity can be paid to one person in the household or separately, to several people in the household. Old age pension from the Social Security can also be paid for a couple, together.

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- If the annuity was paid separately, write the amount in the questionnaire of the receiving person only.

- If the annuity is paid for a couple, write the whole amount in the questionnaire of one of the couple only.

34.3 Other annuities

It means annuities like survivors' allowance, unemployment pay, disability allowance etc.
The annuities referred to in this question are those paid by the National Security only.

35. Question 38

38. Did you have income, in September 1995, from the following sources?
Joint income (like income from property) is to be written in a questionnaire of one person only.
Please answer all the parts.

A. Pension from a place of work in Israel or from Kupat Tagmulim [compensation fund]
[] 1 Yes: Sum in IS _ _ _ _ _
[] 2 No
B. Pension or reparation from abroad
[] 1 Yes: Sum in IS _ _ _ _ _
[] 2 No
C. Other regular income from sources other than work
Like: Allowance from the Defense Ministry,
apartment rent, absorption basket [for new immigrants]
scholarships, income of a soldier in a compulsory service.

[] 1 Yes: Sum in IS _ _ _ _ _
[] 2 No

A. A person who received an income [annuity] for the month of September will mark an X under YES and will write the amount next to it, from right to left. A person, who did not get an income for September, will mark an X under NO.

B. If the income is regular and received each month, but accidentally it was not paid for September -- write the amount paid for August 1995.

A joint income for several people in the household (like property income), should be written in the questionnaire of one person only.

35.1 Pension in Israel

It means a regular pay a person gets from the workplace he has worked in, in the past, or from a compensation fund he has saved in.

35.2 Pension and rent from abroad

Pension from abroad: like an old age pension from the USA.
Rent from abroad: It is usually people who migrated from Germany and other countries who receive a monthly allowance from the government of Germany.

35.3 Other income

It means a regular income like an allowance from the Defense Ministry, apartment rent, absorption basket [for new immigrants], scholarships, and income of a soldier in a compulsory service.

Do not include income received only once, like: reparation, heritage, sweepstake etc.

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Israel 2008 — source variable IL2008A_INCTOTYR — Total annual household income (ILS, New Israeli sheqel)
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Income
[Questions 71-81 asked only once per household]

71. In December, did you have an income from a pension fund from your workplace in the country or from a benevolent fund?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (Go to Question No. 74)

72. Which of the household members received the pension or benevolent fund? ____

73. What was the sum of your income from a pension or benevolent fund? ____

The question is asked for each person chosen in the previous question.

74. In December, did you have an income from abroad from a pension or German reparations?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (Go to Question No. 78)

75. Which of the household members received the pension or German reparations from abroad? ____

76. What was the sum of your income from a foreign pension or German reparations? ____

The question is asked for each person chosen in the previous question.

77. Indicate the type of currency of the pension from abroad

[] 1 NIS
[] 2 American dollar
[] 3 Euro
[] 4 Other

78. In December, did you have any other permanent income not from work (not including National Insurance Institute allowances)?

For example, an allowance from the Ministry of Defense, income from a rented dwelling, scholarships, income from a soldier on compulsory military service
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No (Go to Question No. 82)

79. Which of the household members received the income? ____

80. What was the sum of your income? ____

The question is asked for each person chosen in the previous question.

81. Indicate the type of currency of the other income

[] 1 NIS
[] 2 American dollar
[] 3 Euro
[] 4 Other
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Part I: Incomes

3. Instructions for answering questions

a. Income from pensions or provident funds from a workplace in Israel
The question examines whether the household had any income from a pension or a provident fund from a workplace in Israel. If so, ask which household member received the pension and what the sum of the pension was. If the respondent does not know which household member received the pension, ask for the sum of the total amount of pensions received by the household.
Question 9.90 - Did you have any income from pensions or provident funds from a workplace in Israel, in the month of December?
Question 9.100 - Which of you received the pension or the provident fund money?
Question 9.110 - How high was the income from the pension or provident fund?
Question 9.110.1 - What was the total sum of your income from pensions or provident funds?

- In this question, only refer to pensions received from a workplace in Israel.
- Write the sum received in December 2008. If there usually is a pension, but for various reasons, this month only, it was not received, write the sum received in the previous month.
- Also include pension-track executives' insurance.
In all questions concerning the sum of the income in this part (pension from Israel, pension from abroad and other incomes), refer to the gross income.
b. Income from pensions or benefits from abroad
The series of question on this topic is similar to the questions in paragraph a, but refers to incomes from pensions or benefits from abroad.
Question 9.120 - Did you have any income from pensions or benefits from abroad, in the month of December?
Question 9.140.1 - Enumerator, please note: indicate the currency in which the pension or benefit was received.
- A pension from abroad is paid to people who worked abroad, but currently live in Israel and receive a pension from their workplace abroad.
- A person who received a pension outside Israel shall be asked what currency he received his pension in.
c. Other regular incomes from sources other than work
- Other regular incomes - regular incomes from sources other than work, which are not from Social Security and were not included in the other questions (incomes from pensions, provident funds and German benefits).
- There may be cases where a person says that the additional income which is not from work is a joint income. In this case, write it under one person only. For example: income from rent which is received as a joint income of the couple - only write it under one person.
- The series of questions on this topic is similar to the questions in paragraph b.
Question 9.160 - Did you have any other regular incomes from sources other than work, in the month of December? (Excluding Social Security benefits)
- Examples of regular incomes from sources other than work: income from renting out an apartment, benefit from the Ministry of Defense, financial assistance to new immigrants, scholarships, income of a soldier in mandatory service, payments from an education fund for sabbaticals of teachers, professors and researchers, dividends of shareholders in a public company (paid once a year).
- 'Regular incomes' do not include one-time incomes such as: compensations, inheritance, lottery win, a savings account or fund that was redeemed (such as an education fund which is redeemed every six years), any other sum which is received on a one-time basis.