Child—preschool program hours enrolled (per week), total hours N[N]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Preschool program hours enrolled (total) |
| METEOR identifier: | 436130 |
| Registration status: |
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| Definition: | The total number of hours of a preschool program that a child is enrolled to receive per week. |
| Data Element Concept: | Child—preschool program hours enrolled |
Value domain attributes | |||||||
Representational attributes | |||||||
| Representation class: | Total | ||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||
| Format: | N[N] | ||||||
| Maximum character length: | 2 | ||||||
| Unit of measure: | Hour (h) | ||||||
Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
| Guide for use: | Total hours expressed as 0, 1, 2, 25, 60 etc. | ||||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||||
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
Data element attributes | |||||||
Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
| Guide for use: | A child is considered to be enrolled if:
Non-instructional times such as recess, tea breaks and lunch breaks should be included if the child was under the supervision of the service provider organisation The hours enrolled may be less than or equal to the maximum number of hours available for children to attend the preschool program, but may exceed the number of hours the child attended at the service in the reference period. | ||||||
| Collection methods: | The hours of a preschool program a child is enrolled to receive should be reported for the specified reference period. Jurisdictions which adopt a two week reference period are required to derive their data to a representative reference week. | ||||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||||
| Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) | ||||||
| Steward: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) | ||||||
Relational attributes | |||||||
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Child—preschool program hours enrolled (per week), total hours N[N]
Supersedes Child—preschool program hours enrolled per week, total hours N[N]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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