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Person—period of time since last permanent living place, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termTime since most recent address
METEOR identifier:Help on this term692164
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Definition:Help on this term

The period of time since the person occupied a permanent living place, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Person—Period of time since last permanent living place

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
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Less than 1 week ago
21 week to 1 month ago
3More than 1 month, to 6 months ago
4More than 6 months, to 1 year ago
5More than 1 year, to 5 years ago
6More than 5 years ago
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
9Don't know/not sure

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

This data element allows a calculation of the length of time a person has experienced homelessness.

A permanent place to live is defined as a conventional dwelling, typically with its own residential address. It refers to a person's usual residence that lasts for at least 3 months. The characteristics of the accommodation must be such, that it is considered outside the scope of the definition of homelessness.

Ascertaining that a person did at some time have a permanent place to live indicates that their experience of homelessness commenced subsequently. Thus the length of the period of homelessness is measured from that time.

Collection methods:Help on this term

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

"How long is it since you had a permanent place to live?"

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Person—time elapsed since last permanent residence, code N
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018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 item is only asked of clients.

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 Don't know/Not sure (Code 9) in the Standard.


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