Record—linkage key, sequential match code N[N(4)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Record linkage sequential match code |
Synonymous names: | SLK sequential match code |
METEOR identifier: | 793024 |
Registration status: | Early Childhood, Recorded 16/05/2024 |
Definition: | A key that identifies non-coincidental replications of a statistical linkage key (SLK) and links all those SLKs using a sequential numbering system, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Record—linkage key |
Value Domain: | Sequential match code N[N(4)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[N(4)] | |
Maximum character length: | 5 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Education |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | For the first child identified with multiple episodes of ECE (i.e. episodes of enrolment experienced at multiple service providers), each episode is assigned the same SLK Match Code for that child, i.e. 1. For the next child identified with multiple episodes of ECE, each episode is sequentially assigned with the next SLK Match Code, i.e. 2, and so on. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Education |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | National Preschool Attendance Collection DSS 2024 Early Childhood, Recorded 16/05/2024 Conditional obligation: In the National Preschool Attendance Collection, this item is conditional on the child having a matching Statistical Linkage Key anywhere in the dataset. DSS specific information: In the National Preschool Attendance Collection, this item should be reported for the child only.
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