Child protection substantiation—sexual exploitation indicator, yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Child protection substantiation sexual exploitation indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 741768 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 26/05/2021 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a child protection substantiation included exploitative sexual abuse, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Child protection substantiation—sexual exploitation indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Child sexual exploitation is a form of child sexual abuse that occurs when an individual or group attempts to or succeeds in coercing, manipulating or deceiving a child into contact or non-contact sexual acts: a) in exchange for something including, but not limited to, money, gifts or accommodation or less tangible goods such as affection or status, and/or b) for the financial advantage, increased status or other reward for the person/people exploiting the child. A child over the legal age of consent may have been sexually exploited even if the sexual act appears consensual. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2018. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2017-18. Canberra: AIHW. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Safety in care (SC) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 DSS specific information: Code 7 'Not applicable' in the data element is equivalent to code 97 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual. Safety in care (SC) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 DSS specific information: Code 7 'Not applicable' in the data element is equivalent to code 97 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual. Safety in care (SC) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 DSS specific information: Sexual exploitation is only relevant where sexual abuse has been substantiated as the primary or other type of abuse in care. Codes 1 ‘Yes’, 2 ‘No’ and 99 ‘Not stated’ should be used if ‘Substantiated primary type of abuse in care’ is code 2 ‘Sexual’, or ‘Substantiated other type of abuse in care: sexual’ is code 1 ‘Yes’. Code 97 ‘Not applicable’ should be used in all other cases. Code 7 'Not applicable' in the data element is equivalent to code 97 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual. |