Person—number of people in the presenting unit, total N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Number of people in presenting unit
METEOR identifier:	401596
Registration status:	Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:	The size of the presenting unit, based on the total number of people seeking specialist homelessness services together.
Data Element Concept:	Person—number of people in the presenting unit

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Total

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[N]

Maximum character length:

Unit of measure:

Person

Guide for use:

This data element captures the size of the presenting unit, children are included in this total.

Collection methods:

How many people are presenting as a unit?

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014 *DSS specific information:* In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015 *DSS specific information:* In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017 *DSS specific information:* In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2017 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2019 *DSS specific information:* In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.