Collection of locality, postcode and state/territory for SEIFA cluster
Data Set Specification Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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| METEOR identifier: | 686704 |
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| DSS type: | Data Element Cluster |
| Scope: | This cluster contains three data elements which, if collected together, enable data to be mapped to Statistical Areal Level 2 (SA2) or Statistical Local Area (SLA) geographic unit which can be examined on the SEIFA indexes to ascertain a SEIFA score for a geographic area which is a measure of the collective socio-economic status of the people living in the area. The collection of information about a person's or service provider organisation's locality, postcode and state/territory enables the geographical entity to be ascertained which can then be examined in the relevant SEIFA index. Where locality, postcode and state/territory are collected, there are a number of concordance/correspondence files available from [email protected] which can assist in assigning geographic area codes, such as:
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Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The collection of residential postcode + locality + state/territory can be mapped to SA2 or SLA. The SLA geographical unit from the ASGC geography framework is being supported for the 2011 Census and 2011 SEIFA. |
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| Comments: | SEIFA indexes are assigned to areas, not to individuals. |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Collection of locality, postcode and state/territory for SEIFA cluster
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 |
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