Service provider organisation—level of government, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Level of government
Synonymous names:	Funding jurisdiction; funding agency; funding source
METEOR identifier:	322239
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007 Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017
Definition:	The level of government associated with a service provider organisation, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Service provider organisation—level of government

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	National (Australian government)
2	State/Territory government
3	Local government

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:

ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2002. Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia (SESCA), ABS cat. no. 1218.0. Canberra: ABS

Guide for use:

Level of government is relevant to agencies that are defined as belonging to the government or public sector only.

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

CSTDA NMDS Network.

Origin:

Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS) collection. Data Guide: data items and definitions 2006-07.

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Conditional obligation:* In the Disability Service National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), only service type outlets in the government sector are required to provide a response to the data element Service provider organisation—level of government, code N.