Person—registered/awaiting government payment indicator, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Registered/awaiting government payment indicator |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 506085 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | Whether a person has applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, but is still awaiting their first payment, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person—registered/awaiting government payment indicator |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | ||||||
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Data type:![]() | Number | ||||||
Format:![]() | N | ||||||
Maximum character length:![]() | 1 | ||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
Guide for use:![]() | CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. | ||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
Guide for use:![]() | This data element may be collected twice: 1. if a person has applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, and is still awaiting their first payment before the support period starts; and 2. if a person has applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, and is still awaiting their first payment after the support period commences. | ||||||
Collection methods:![]() | The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the questions: "Have you applied for a government benefit?"; and "Are you waiting for the benefit?" | ||||||
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Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
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Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Person—registered/awaiting government payment indicator, code N
Has been superseded by Person—registered/awaiting government payment indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014 Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for clients who report nil income (CODE 17) in Person—principal source of cash income, code NNNN. This question establishes whether clients may have applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, but are still awaiting their first payment. DSS specific information: This data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:
Only one permissible value is selected in each case. This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (CODE 9) in the Standard. Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for clients who report nil income (CODE 17) in Person—principal source of cash income, code NNNN. This question establishes whether clients may have applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, but are still awaiting their first payment. DSS specific information: This data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:
Only one permissible value is selected in each case. This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (CODE 9) in the Standard. Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for clients who report nil income (CODE 17) in Person—principal source of cash income, code NNNN. This question establishes whether clients may have applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, but are still awaiting their first payment. DSS specific information: This data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:
Only one permissible value is selected in each case. This collection records a response of Don't Know (CODE 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (CODE 9) in the Standard. Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for clients who report nil income (Code 17) in Person—principal source of cash income, code NNNN. This question establishes whether clients may have applied for a government benefit, pension or allowance, but are still awaiting their first payment. DSS specific information: This data element is collected four times, for the following points in time:
Only one permissible value is selected in each case. This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (Code 9) in the Standard. |