Person—time elapsed since last permanent residence, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Time since most recent address
METEOR identifier:	401738
Registration status:	Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Definition:	The period of time elapsed since the person last had a permanent place to live, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—time elapsed since last permanent residence

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Less than 1 week ago
2	1 week to 1 month ago
3	More than 1 month, to 6 months ago
4	More than 6 months, to 1 year ago
5	More than 1 year, to 5 years ago
6	More than 5 years ago

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Don't know/not sure

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

This data element allows a calculation of the length of time a person has experienced homelessness.

A permanent place to live is defined as a conventional dwelling, typically with its own residential address. It refers to a person's usual residence that lasts for at least 3 months. The characteristics of the accommodation must be such, that it is considered outside the scope of the definition of homelessness.

Ascertaining that a person did at some time have a permanent place to live indicates that their experience of homelessness commenced subsequently. Thus the length of the period of homelessness is measured from that time.

Collection methods:

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

"How long is it since you had a permanent place to live?"