Person (employed)—paid employment indicator, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Paid employment indicator
METEOR identifier:	314813
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 30/11/2007 Early Childhood, Standard 07/06/2011
Definition:	Whether an employed person is paid or unpaid, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person (employed)—paid employment indicator
Value Domain:	Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Yes
	2	No
Supplementary values:	97	Not applicable
	98	Unknown/unable to be determined
	99	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

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CODE 97 Not applicable

CODE 98 Unknown/unable to be determined

CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Relational attributes
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Children's Services NMDS Community Services (retired), Superseded 21/05/2010 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: In the Children's Services NMDS, 'Yes' includes workers who receive wages or salary. They can include contract workers or relief workers. 'No' includes workers who are not paid, but who may be receiving in-kind benefits in recognition or exchange for their work. Unpaid staff may include volunteers, unpaid work trainees, parents and family members and students on work experience. In-kind benefits such as free child care or the reimbursement of work-related expenses in full or part (for example, token payments or small gifts such as t-shirts) are not regarded as payment of salary, and people who receive these are considered to be unpaid workers. This item allows analysis of the composition of the children’s services workforce. It can contribute to resource and service planning. It is important to include unpaid staff because of the contribution that volunteers make within many children’s services organisations. Early childhood education and care worker cluster Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: 'Yes' includes early childhood education and care workers who receive wages or salary. They can include contract workers or relief workers. 'No' includes workers who are not paid, but who may be receiving in-kind benefits in recognition or exchange for their work. Unpaid staff may include volunteers, unpaid work trainees, parents and family members and students on work experience. In-kind benefits such as free child care or the reimbursement of work-related expenses in full or part (for example, token payments or small gifts such as t-shirts) are not regarded as payment of salary, and people who receive these are considered to be unpaid workers. Early childhood education and care worker cluster Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: 'Yes' includes early childhood education and care workers who receive wages or salary. They can include contract workers or relief workers. 'No' includes workers who are not paid, but who may be receiving in-kind benefits in recognition or exchange for their work. Unpaid staff may include volunteers, unpaid work trainees, parents and family members and students on work experience. In-kind benefits such as free child care or the reimbursement of work-related expenses in full or part (for example, token payments or small gifts such as t-shirts) are not regarded as payment of salary, and people who receive these are considered to be unpaid workers.