Person—student type, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

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Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 1   Preschool student

This option refers to a person who is enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited preschool teaching institution, during the school year.

CODE 2   Primary school student

This option refers to a person who is enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited teaching institution providing instruction up to the end of primary school. The school year is counted from January 1 to December 31, so a school student finishing school and waiting to go on to further training would still be considered a school student.

CODE 3   Secondary school student

This option refers to a person who is enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an accredited teaching institution providing instruction from the start of secondary schooling up to year 12. The school year is counted from January 1 to December 31, so a school student finishing school and waiting to go on to further training would still be considered a school student. This option also includes any person undertaking secondary school education at a TAFE.

CODE 4   University student

This option refers to part-time or full-time attendance at university; it excludes vocational education students.

CODE 5   Vocational education and training

This option includes:

• a person who receives a training allowance such as Newstart or are required by their employer to attend a post-secondary institution for job training
• a person participating in education in order to enhance employment opportunities (such as migrant English classes and job readiness training)
• a person enrolled in a vocational education course at a TAFE or other type of vocational institution. It excludes students studying secondary school education at a TAFE or Vocational Education and Training (VET) institution, these students are classified to CODE 3
• a person undertaking an apprenticeship.

CODE 6   Other education or training

This option refers to a person undertaking any other education and training not classified above, ie. non-award study (including Post-school Options).

CODE 9   Not stated/inadequately described

Not stated/inadequately described is chosen if there is insufficient information to determine a person’s student status either before or after support, or if a client did not want to answer this question.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection of this data element should be preceded by the collection of the data element Person—student/employment training indicator, code N.

Because reference periods may vary it is possible that more than one category of the Value Domain may be a valid response to a question on student type. For example over a number of months a student may move from primary to secondary education. Therefore it is preferable for this Data Element to refer to a specific point in time rather than a period of time. When a period of time is referenced it should be precisely specified.

The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question:

"Which category below best describes your education or training status?"

Relational attributes