Person—student type, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Student type
METEOR identifier:	398244
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2010 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
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:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Preschool student
2	Primary school student
3	Secondary school student
4	University student
5	Vocational education and training
6	Other education or training

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Preschool student

This option refers to a person who is enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited preschool teaching institution, during the school year.

CODE 2 Primary school student

This option refers to a person who is enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited teaching institution providing instruction up to the end of primary school. 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 Secondary school student

This option refers to a person who is enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited teaching institution providing instruction from the start of secondary schooling up to year 12. 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. This option also includes any person undertaking secondary school education at a TAFE.

CODE 4 University student

This option refers to part-time or full-time attendance at university; it excludes vocational education students.

CODE 5 Vocational education and training

This option includes:

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
a person participating in education in order to enhance employment opportunities (such as migrant English classes and job readiness training)
a person enrolled in a vocational education course at a TAFE or other type of vocational institution. It excludes students studying secondary school education at a TAFE or Vocational Education and Training (VET) institution, these students are classified to CODE 3
a person undertaking an apprenticeship.

CODE 6 Other education or training

This option refers to a person undertaking any other education and training not classified above, ie. non-award study (including Post-school Options).

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

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Collection of this data element should be preceded by the collection of the data element Person—student/employment training indicator, code N.

Because reference periods may vary it is possible that more than one category of the Value Domain may be a valid response to a question on student type. For example over a number of months a student may move from primary to secondary education. Therefore it is preferable for this Data Element to refer to a specific point in time rather than a period of time. When a period of time is referenced it should be precisely specified.

Collection methods:

The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question:

"Which category below best describes your education or training status?"