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Person—school attendance indicator, code N

Definition

Whether a person attends either primary or secondary school, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—school attendance indicator, code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Yes
2 No
Supplementary Values 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

The first year of primary school is considered to commence in the various States and Territories as follows:

Kindergarten in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Preparatory in Victoria and Tasmania

Year 1 in Queensland

Pre-primary in Western Australia

Reception in South Australia

Transition in Northern Territory.

A person should not be counted as attending school if they are attending preschool (even if this preschool operates within a school based environment).

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0