Carer household—new carer household indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	New carer household indicator
METEOR identifier:	532827
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 20/03/2014 [Non Dictionary]
Definition:	An indicator of whether a carer household was a newly formed household, as represented by a code
Data Element Concept:	Carer household—new carer household indicator
Value Domain:	Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Yes
	2	No
Supplementary values:	97	Not applicable
	98	Unknown/unable to be determined
	99	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

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CODE 97 Not applicable

CODE 98 Unknown/unable to be determined

CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

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

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	CODE 1 Yes New household A carer household that received authorisation to provide care during the reference period. This includes previously authorised carer households returning to care in 60 days or more after officially exiting care. CODE 2 No Continuing household A carer household that received authorisation to provide care prior to the start of the reference period and this authorisation was retained into the reference period. This includes carer households returning to care in less than 60 days of officially exiting care.
Collection methods:	Households that received provisional authorisation (which may be in order to facilitate a placement), whilst formal approval/registration was being finalised should be included. These households are only ever counted once as a new household and should not be recorded again as a new household when full authorisation is received. Households whose existing authorisation is renewed as part of a standard ongoing review process are not counted as a new household. These households should be recorded as a continuing household. Households whose family circumstances have changed and their existing registration is closed on the data system and a new registration is opened shortly after should not be recorded as a new household. For example, this may include households that have relocated to a new residential address; where a carer couple separate and one carer continues to provide care; where one partner in a carer couple dies and the surviving partner continues to provide care; or where a single carer forms a relationship with a new partner who also becomes a carer within the household. These households should be recorded as a continuing household. Where a carer couple separate and both partners continue to be a carer in their new households, one of the carers should be counted as continuing the original household and the other carer should be counted as a new household.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2012-13. Canberra: AIHW.
Relational attributes
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Carer household authorisation file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/03/2014 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Carer household authorisation file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Carer household authorisation file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Carer household authorisation file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/04/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Carer household authorisation file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Carer household authorisation file cluster Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9.