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Accuracy indicator

294414 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The level of detail to which recorded information is correct.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability

Activity and participation life area

324432 | Property
Life areas in which individuals may participate or undertake activities.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Homelessness, Housing assistance, Disability

Address

428657 | Object Class | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A collection of information used for describing the location of an entity and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Tasmanian Health, Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Indigenous, Homelessness, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health

Address—Australian postcode

429892 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Tasmanian Health, Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Homelessness, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health

Address—suburb/town/locality name

429887 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The name of the locality/suburb of the address.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Tasmanian Health, Housing assistance, Homelessness, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)]

429889 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The name of the locality/suburb of the address, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Tasmanian Health, Housing assistance, Homelessness, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Aged Care

Australian postcode

269316 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health

Child

268987 | Object Class | Australia Institute of Health and Welfare
An individual under the age of 18 years.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Indigenous, Children and Families

Client

641397 | Object Class | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A person, group or organisation eligible to receive services either directly or indirectly from an agency.
Standard: Disability, Health, Indigenous, Housing assistance, Homelessness

Country of birth

269206 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The country in which an individual was born.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Date

294409 | Object Class | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The day of the month and year as specified by a number.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability, Children and Families
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Date accuracy indicator code AAA

289952 | Value Domain
A code set representing the accuracy of the components of a date.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability

Date DDMMYYYY

270566 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The day of a particular month and year.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, WA Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Date MMYYYY

375189 | Value Domain
The month of a particular year.
Standard: Health, Homelessness, Housing assistance, Community Services (retired), Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Tasmanian Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Date of birth

269318 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which an individual was born.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, WA Health, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Date YYYY

270604 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The calendar year, beginning on the 1st of January and ending on the 31st of December.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Date—accuracy indicator

294418 | Data Element Concept
An indicator of the accuracy of the components of a reported date.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability

Date—accuracy indicator, code AAA

294429 | Data Element | Standards Australia
An indicator of the accuracy of the components of a reported date, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability

Episode end date

269252 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which an episode is completed.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Tasmanian Health, Disability, Aged Care

Episode start date

269253 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which an episode commenced.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Children and Families, Aged Care, Tasmanian Health

First language spoken

269243 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The language first used for oral communication.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Health, Homelessness, Disability

First service contact date

269346 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Date on which the first service contact occurs.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Health, Youth Justice

Government funding identifier

269238 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An identifier allocated by a government department for the purpose of identifying those eligible for specific services.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Indigenous, WA Health

Homeless

327244 | Glossary Item | SAAP National Data Collection Agency, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A person is homeless if he or she does not have access to safe, secure and stable housing. Hence even if a person has a physical home, they would be considered homeless if: they were not safe at home, they had no legal right to continued occupation of their home (security of tenure), or the home lacked the amenities or resources necessary for living.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness

Indigenous status

269161 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of identification as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Indigenous status code N

602545 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing Indigenous status.
Standard: Health, Disability, Children and Families, Housing assistance, Indigenous, Homelessness, Early Childhood, Youth Justice, Aged Care
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Superseded: Tasmanian Health

Labour force status

269067 | Property
An indicator of participation in paid employment or economic inactivity.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability

Letters of family name

349486 | Property
A specific combination of letters selected from a family name (surname).
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Letters of given name

314125 | Property
A specific combination of letters selected from a person's first name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Linkage key

349889 | Property
A key that enables the bringing together of two or more things.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability

Living arrangement

269314 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An arrangement of living alone or with others.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability, Aged Care

Main language other than English spoken at home

269176 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The primary language spoken at home, excluding English.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability, Children and Families

Need for assistance with activities in a life area

324428 | Property
The need for personal assistance and/or supervision to perform tasks and actions in a life area.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Homelessness, Housing assistance, Disability

Organisation identifier

269367 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A sequence of characters which identify an organisation.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)
Qualified: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person

268955 | Object Class | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A human being.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, WA Health, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Qualified: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—activity and participation life area

324435 | Data Element Concept
The life area in which a person may participate or undertake activities.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Homelessness, Housing assistance, Disability

Person—country of birth

269686 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The country in which the person was born.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Person—date of birth

269565 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date of birth of the person.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, WA Health, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY

287007 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date of birth of the person, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—government funding identifier

269395 | Data Element Concept
A personal identifier allocated by a government department for the purpose of identifying those eligible for specific services.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Indigenous, WA Health

Person—Indigenous status

615458 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin.
Standard: Health, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Housing assistance, Indigenous, Homelessness, Early Childhood, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Person—Indigenous status, code N

602543 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Disability, Children and Families, Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Homelessness, Youth Justice, Aged Care
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Superseded: Tasmanian Health

Person—labour force status

269466 | Data Element Concept
The self reported status the person currently has in being either in the labour force (employed/unemployed) or not in the labour force. The categories are determined by a person's status in relation to current economic activity (which is measured by their activities in relation to work in a specified reference period).
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability

Person—letters of family name

349493 | Data Element Concept
A specific combination of letters selected from the person's family name (surname).
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—letters of family name, text XXX

349481 | Data Element
The combination of 2nd, 3rd and 5th letters of a person's family name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—letters of given name

349491 | Data Element Concept
A specific combination of letters selected from the person's first name (given name).
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—letters of given name, text XX

349483 | Data Element
The combination of the 2nd and 3rd letters of a person's given name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—living arrangement

269813 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether a person usually resides alone or with others.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability, Aged Care

Person—main language other than English spoken at home

269642 | Data Element Concept
The language reported by a person as the main language other than English spoken by that person in his/her home (or most recent private residential setting occupied by the person) to communicate with other residents of the home or setting and regular visitors.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability, Children and Families

Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area

324423 | Data Element Concept
The personal assistance and/or supervision a person needs to perform tasks and actions in a life area.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Homelessness, Housing assistance, Disability

Person—proficiency in spoken English

269667 | Data Element Concept
A person's self-assessed level of ability to speak English.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability, Homelessness

Person—year of first arrival in Australia

269447 | Data Element Concept
The year a person (born outside of Australia) first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of staying in Australia for one year or more.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability

Person—year of first arrival in Australia, date YYYY

269929 | Data Element
The year a person (born outside of Australia) first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of staying in Australia for one year or more.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability

Postcode datafile

270561 | Classification Scheme | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place for the address of a party (person or organisation), as defined by Australia Post.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Tasmanian Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Homelessness, Early Childhood, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board

Preferred language

269244 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The language most preferred for communication.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Tasmanian Health, Housing assistance, Homelessness, Aged Care

Proficiency in spoken English

269192 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of the level of skill in speaking English.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability, Homelessness

Record

300208 | Object Class | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An account of something, preserved in a lasting form.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Record—linkage key

349891 | Data Element Concept
A key that enables the bringing together of two or more records that are believed to belong to the same individual.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability

Referral source

269061 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A person or organisation from which a person or group of people is referred.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Indigenous, WA Health

Service provider organisation

269022 | Object Class | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An organisation that provides services and/or care.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families

Suburb/town/locality name

269335 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The full name of the general locality containing the specific address.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Text A[A(49)]

270907 | Value Domain
A combination of alphabetic characters.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability

Text X[X(45)]

429885 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A combination of alphanumeric characters.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Housing assistance, Homelessness, Indigenous, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Aged Care

Text XX

349501 | Value Domain
A combination of alphanumeric characters.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Text XXX

349505 | Value Domain
A combination of alphanumeric characters.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Total hours and minutes NNNN

270600 | Value Domain
Total number of hours and minutes.
Standard: Health, Housing assistance, Homelessness, Community Services (retired), Disability

Year of first arrival in Australia

269050 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The calendar year in which an individual first arrived in Australia.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability

Yes/no code N

270732 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing 'yes' and 'no'.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Indigenous, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

301747 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing 'yes', 'no' and 'not stated/inadequately described'.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Tasmanian Health
Recorded: Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board

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