Australian Standard Classification of Education 2001
Classification Scheme Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Classification Scheme |
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| Synonymous names: | ASCED 2001 |
| METEOR identifier: | 270551 |
| Registration status: | Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 |
| Definition: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics classification for fields of education. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | ASCED comprises two classifications: Level of Education and Field of Education. Both the level and field of education components can be used to report statistics on various aspects of educational activity, such as student enrolments by level of course or by field of study; teaching resources by level of course; financial resources by field; or educational attainment by level and field. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001. Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED). Cat No. 1272.0. Canberra: ABS. (last viewed 21 March 2006) |
Relational attributes | |
| Value Domains based on this classification scheme: | Field of education code (ASCED 2001) NN[{NN}{NN}] Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Highest education level code (ASCED 2001) N[NN] Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Education level code NN Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006 Highest level of qualification (early childhood education and care), code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 21/05/2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011 |