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Definition

The highest level of education achieved by a person in relation to completed education, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Education level code NN ".
Data Type Number
Format NN
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 08 Primary Education
01 Postgraduate Degree Level
02 Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate Level
03 Bachelor Degree Level
04 Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level
05 Certificate Level
06 Senior Secondary Education (e.g. Year 12, Senior Secondary Certificate of Education)
07 Junior Secondary Education (e.g. Year 10)
09 Pre-primary Education
10 Other education
88 No Education
Supplementary Values 99 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

The highest level of educational attainment is the highest qualification reported by a person in any field of study, or the highest year of school completed, whichever is the higher.

This value domain allows for mapping of data to data obtained using the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) 2001 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

There are two exceptions to this:

1. Data using this codeset cannot be mapped to the ASCED for codes 06 and 07 unless the data from both is combined. When combined this data maps to ASCED code 6.

2. The ASCED does not collect information about a person having no educational qualifications whatsoever. 

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 20
As a denominator in an Indicator 20
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 20