Parent/guardian—receipt of Carer Allowance (Child) indicator, yes/no/unknown/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Carer Allowance (Child) receipt indicator
METEOR identifier:	621339
Registration status:	Disability, Standard 29/02/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether a parent or guardian of a person is in receipt of 'Carer Allowance (Child)', as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Parent/guardian—receipt of Carer Allowance (Child) indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
3	Unknown
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

This data element should not be reported if the service user is aged 16 years or more, even if the person's parent or guardian receives 'Carer Allowance (Child)'.

This data element does not refer to the 'Carer Payment' (formerly 'Carer Pension'), even though some parents or carers of children aged less than 16 years may receive 'Carer Payment' as well as 'Carer Allowance (Child)' (formerly the 'Child Disability Allowance').

Comments:

Used to assess the relationship between receipt of 'Carer Allowance (Child)' and receipt of other services.