Australian Standard Classification of Education 2001
Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type: | Classification Scheme |
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| Synonymous names: | ASCED 2001 |
| METEOR identifier: | 270551 |
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| 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 | |
| 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}]
Highest education level code (ASCED 2001) N[NN]
Highest level of qualification (early childhood education and care), code N[N]
Highest level of qualification (early childhood education and care), code N[N]
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