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Person—school enrolment and attendance status, code N

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termEducation at presentation
METEOR identifier:Help on this term690938
Registration status:Help on this term

Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

Definition:Help on this term

The school enrolment and attendance status of a person, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termPerson—school enrolment and attendance status
Value Domain:Help on this termSchool enrolment status code N

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this term1Enrolled and attending school
  2Enrolled in school but not always attending
  3Enrolled in school but not attending
  4Enrolled in school but waiting to commence
  5Home schooled
  6Neither enrolled nor home schooled
Supplementary values:Help on this term9
 
Not stated/inadequately described
 

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1   Enrolled and attending school

This option is used when the person is enrolled in school and regularly attends school.

CODE 2   Enrolled in school but not always attending

This option is used when the person is enrolled in school but regularly does not attend school for reasons other than health related reasons.

CODE 3   Enrolled in school but not attending

This option is used when the person is not attending school and the school year or term is considered to be fully commenced.

CODE 4   Enrolled in school but waiting to commence

This option is used when the person is enrolled in school but the school year or term has not yet commenced.

CODE 5   Home schooled

This option is used when the person is educated at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school. It may also refer to instruction in the home under the supervision of correspondence schools, distance education, or School of the Air.

CODE 6   Neither enrolled nor home schooled

This option is used when the person is neither enrolled in a school, nor is home schooled.

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

This item is collected at the time of presentation to an agency for assistance.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Person—school enrolment and attendance status, code N

Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2010

Disability, Standard 13/08/2015

Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018

Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019-

Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

DSS specific attributes +
Conditional obligation:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS this data element is collected for all clients from age 4 to 18 years (inclusive). This data element is not collected for children aged 4 years who have not started school.

DSS specific information:

In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation.

This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (Code 9) in the Standard.


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