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Earnings or employment income

Part A - Plain language definition:

Total wages and salaries and net income from self-employment.

Part B - Detailed definition:

Refers to total income received by persons 15 years of age and over during calendar year 2005 as wages and salaries, net income from a non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice, and/or net farm self-employment income.

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