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Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termStatistical linkage key 581
METEOR identifier:Help on this term349895
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 21/05/2010
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:Help on this term

A key that enables two or more records belonging to the same individual to be brought together. It is represented by a code consisting of the second, third and fifth characters of a person’s family name, the second and third letters of the person’s given name, the day, month and year when the person was born and the sex of the person, concatenated in that order.

Data Element Concept:Record—linkage key

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termXXXXXDDMMYYYYN
Maximum character length:Help on this term14

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:Help on this termInformation about whether or not the person's date of birth is accurate should be noted. By knowing that date of birth is accurate it is possible to reduce underestimation of total service user numbers and overestimation of service users' ages.
Comments:Help on this term

The linkage key is designed to make it possible to count number of clients and services they received, without counting the same client more than once. It can also be used for linking to other related data collections. It is for statistical linkage purposes only, not for case management or the tracking of individual persons. This may be done using a range of identifiers and/or keys.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Steward:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Date—accuracy indicator, code AAA
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2005
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
  • Health, Standard 04/05/2005
  • Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
See also Date—estimate indicator, code N
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007
  • Tasmanian Health, Incomplete 23/07/2012
See also National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 10-The proportion of Indigenous children aged 4 and 5 years who are enrolled in, and attending, a preschool program in the year before full-time schooling, by remoteness, 2013
  • Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013
Is formed using Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
  • Health, Standard 04/05/2005
  • Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Housing assistance, Standard 20/06/2005
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
  • Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 31/08/2016
  • WA Health, Incomplete 22/08/2012
  • WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Is formed using Person—letters of family name, text XXX
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 27/03/2007
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
  • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
  • Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Is formed using Person—letters of given name, text XX
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 27/03/2007
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
  • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
  • Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Is formed using Person—sex, code N
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 11/05/2017
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
  • Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • WA Health, Incomplete 22/08/2012
  • WA Health, Incomplete 23/08/2012
  • Youth Justice, Recorded 23/05/2022
Has been superseded by Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYX
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 25/01/2018
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2013Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.

This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.

 


Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2014Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.

Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2015Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.

Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2016Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.


Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2017Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.


Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2018Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.


Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2019Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.


Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2020Early Childhood, Superseded 25/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 03/08/2020

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.


Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2021Early Childhood, Standard 25/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 06/08/2021

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the worker.
 
This item allows those jurisdictions who have the capacity to report a statistical linkage key for workers to provide this information voluntarily to facilitate the accurate reporting of the number of teachers working, including those working across multiple service providers.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2011Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2012Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2013Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2014Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2015Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2016Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2017Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2018Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2019Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2020Early Childhood, Superseded 25/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2021Early Childhood, Standard 25/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

DSS specific information:

This is the statistical linkage key of the child.


Statistical linkage key 581 clusterCommunity Services (retired), Standard 21/05/2010
Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010

Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

National Affordability Housing Agreement: 4: Proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness, 2010Homelessness, Standard 16/02/2011

Used as Denominator

National Affordability Housing Agreement: 4: Proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness, 2010Homelessness, Standard 16/02/2011

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