National Disability Agreement: e(2)-Proportion of potential population expressing unmet demand for disability support services, 2012
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Proportion of potential population expressing unmet demand for disability support services, 2012 |
METEOR identifier: | 467938 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013 |
Description: | Unmet demand for disability support services. |
Indicator set: | National Disability Agreement (2012) Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013 |
Outcome area: | People with disability enjoy choice, wellbeing and the opportunity to live as independently as possible Community Services (retired), Standard 23/07/2010 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Population group age from: | 0 |
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Population group age to: | 64 |
Computation description: | Number of persons aged 0-64 years in potential population who have taken action in the last 12 months to get more formal assistance but who still need more formal assistance divided by number of persons aged 0-64 years in potential population. |
Computation: | R/N x 100 |
Numerator: | Number of persons aged 0–64 years in potential population who have taken action in the last 12 months to get more formal assistance but who still need more formal assistance. |
Numerator data elements: | |
Denominator: | Number of persons aged 0–64 years in potential population. |
Denominator data elements: | |
Comments: | Recommended disaggregation by state/territory. Further disaggregation will depend on data availability and quality. Where possible, will include age group, sex, Indigenous status, country of birth, proficiency in English, Remoteness Area and disability status. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Format: | N[NN.N] |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Autonomy and participation |
Data source attributes | |
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Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | SDAC 2009 for all data. |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Accountability: | Overall—shared; employment services—AG; Accommodation, respite, community support (includes management and individual service planning), community access services—state and territory governments. |
Benchmark: | Related NDA benchmark - Performance benchmark (b) A decrease in the proportion of potential population with unmet demand for services. |
Further data development / collection required: | Indicators are sourced from the SDAC. The 2009 SDAC contains new questions on the need for more formal assistance. While information about need for more assistance is available from SDAC 2003, it is not possible to distinguish need for more formal assistance. |
Other issues caveats: | Available disaggregation depends on sampling errors and other caveats. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Steward: | Disability Policy and Research Working Group (DPRWG) |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also National Disability Agreement: e(1)-Proportion of the potential population of people with disability who report a need for more formal assistance, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 See also National Disability Agreement: e(2)-Proportion of people with disability who are satisfied with the range of organised and formal service options available, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |