Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children enrolled in a preschool program, total N[NNNN]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Number of Indigenous children enrolled in a preschool program
METEOR identifier:	506734
Registration status:	Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014 Indigenous, Standard 08/04/2013
Definition:	The total number of individual preschool program enrolments of Indigenous children at the service.
Data Element Concept:	Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children enrolled in a preschool program
Value Domain:	Total number N[NNNN]

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Number
Format:	N[NNNN]
Maximum character length:	5

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The child must have been offered a place and formally enrolled or registered in a preschool program and actively attending to be counted. A child is considered to be actively attending if they: attended a preschool program for at least one hour in the reference period OR were absent during the reference period due to illness or extended holiday leave but expected to return. Exclude children who have: only completed enrolment procedures at the service left the service (e.g. have ceased education or changed services), or have been absent without explanation for four continuous weeks (excluding school vacations) prior to the reference period.
Collection methods:	The number of Indigenous children enrolled in a preschool program should be collected for each preschool program available at the service. These data should then be aggregated to the service provider level for reporting purposes. Each child should be counted only once. Enrolments in a preschool program 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)
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children enrolled in a preschool program, total N[NNNN] Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 08/04/2013 Has been superseded by Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children enrolled in an early childhood education program, total N[NNNN] Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2013 Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013