Person—student type, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| 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Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2010 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |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: | Student type code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 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: | 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:
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. |
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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. |
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| 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?" |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—student type, SAAP code N[N] Community Services (retired), Superseded 17/11/2010 Has been superseded by Person—student type, code N Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 See also Person—student/employment training indicator, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 30/11/2007 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Disability services client details cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2011 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2012-13 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2013-14 Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014 Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2014-15 Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2015-17 Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2017-19 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 |