Person—student type, SAAP code N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Student type (SAAP)
METEOR identifier:	337595
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Superseded 17/11/2010 [Non Dictionary]
Definition:	The type of education or training undertaken by a person, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—student type

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[N]

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
2	Primary/secondary school student
3	Post-secondary student/employment training

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

This option refers to a person who is enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited teaching institution providing instruction up to year 12, but excluding kindergarten. The school year is counted from January 1 to December 31, so a school student finishing school and waiting to go on to further training would still be considered a school student.

CODE 3 Post-secondary student/employment training

This option includes:

part-time or full-time attendance at any post-secondary institution (for example, TAFE or University);
a person who receives a training allowance such as Newstart or are required by their employer to attend a post-secondary institution for job training; and
a person participating in education in order to enhance employment opportunities (such as migrant English classes).

CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Not stated/inadequately described is chosen if there is insufficient information to determine a person’s student status either before or after support, or if a client did not want to answer this question.

Data element attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

SAAP Client Collection National Minimum Data Set Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In the SAAP NMDS, this data element is collected a minimum of twice (for the client): the client's student status immediately before the support period starts; and the client's student status immediately after the support period ends. Only one permissible value is selected in each case.