Person—period of time since last permanent living place, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Time since most recent address |
METEOR identifier: | 692164 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | 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: | Time elapsed code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | 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. |
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Collection methods: | 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Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—time elapsed since last permanent residence, code N Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |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: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 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. |