Highest year of school completed code N
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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| Synonymous names: | Highest level of schooling completed |
| METEOR identifier: | 375996 |
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| Definition: | A code set representing the highest level of education completed. |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Highest level of schooling includes study at a secondary education level which might, for example, be undertaken at a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution (ABS, 2002). Record the code for the highest year of schooling completed, regardless of the institution or location where that study took place. If a year of schooling had been commenced but not completed, the code for the year below should be used. Only one option may be selected. |
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| Comments: | This metadata item maps to the Australian Bureau of Statistics standard 'Highest year of school completed'. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Reference documents: | <P>Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002. Education variables. ABS cat. no. 1246.0. Canberra: ABS</P> |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Highest year of school completed code N
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| Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—highest year of school completed, code N
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