Person—number of people presenting, total N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Number of people presenting |
Synonymous names: | Number in presenting unit |
METEOR identifier: | 690640 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | The number of people presenting as represented by the total number presenting. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—number of people presenting |
Value Domain: | Total people N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 2 | |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data element captures the size of the presenting unit. The presenting unit is defined as the unit that presents for assistance from a specialist homelessness agency. The presenting unit may be a single person or a group of people. For example a family presenting together for services would be a presenting unit. Children are to be included in the count of people presenting for assistance. That is the presenting unit. |
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Collection methods: | How many people are presenting for assistance? |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—number of people in the presenting unit, total N[N] Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. |