Person—level of highest non-school qualification, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Level of highest non-school qualification |
Synonymous names:![]() | Level of education |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 398769 |
Registration status:![]() | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
Definition:![]() | The highest non-school qualification attained by a person, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person—level of highest non-school qualification |
Value Domain:![]() | Non-school qualification level code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods:![]() | Operationally, 'level of highest non-school qualification' is defined as the highest completed non-school qualification reported for a person in any field of education except General Primary and Secondary Education Programmes. Data are obtained by direct question and often sequenced to follow a direct question on 'Highest year of school completed'. The question is worded in terms of qualifications attained and when information is not collected about multiple qualifications, the result is dependent on respondent perception of 'highest'. The 'Level of highest non-school qualification' excludes partial completion of or current participation in a course of study and Statements of attainment awarded for partial completion of a course of study at a particular level. Qualifications generally associated with school education, such as the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education, are excluded from this data element even if they are awarded as the result of study at a non-school institution (ABS 2001). |
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Comments:![]() | The level of non-school qualification categories are based on the ABS Australian Standard Classification of Education, Level of Education (ASCED) 2001. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents:![]() | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2001. Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) 2001. ABS cat. no. 1272.0. Canberra: ABS ABS 2002. Education variables. ABS cat. no. 1246.0. Canberra: ABS |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Person—non-school qualification completed, level of non-school qualification code N Health, Standard 28/04/2016 See also Person—non-school qualification indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 25/08/2011 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Disability services client details cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Non-school qualification cluster Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the person having completed a non-school qualification. DSS specific information: This data element is included in the Prisoner Health DSS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators includes the indicator: Proportion of prison entrants by highest level of completed education. |