Definition
These data items are used in conjunction with each other to describe the fee schedules for each type of service, based on time period, activity or group. They are collected together and reported as a dollar amount against each fee schedule type within a service type.
Fees recorded should be the standard one child fee. Services should report their standard fee, that is, the tuition fee only, without any reductions such as fee relief, sliding scales for families or other discounts. Voluntary levies paid by parents should not be included, nor should additional charges for service components such as nappy supplies or meals.
Information on fees charged by service providers can be used for calculating average fees charged for early childhood and education services in Australia. This can also be used with additional service data items to provide averages for service types and geographical locations.This item is collected in conjunction with the fee schedule type.
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Service provider organisation—fee schedule amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
Specific Information:
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- | - | mandatory | 1 | |
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Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service centre-based long day care code N
Conditional Inclusion:
Only asked if child is in long day care centre.
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- | - | conditional | 1 | |
| Service provider organisation—fee schedule for activity type, children's service preschool service code N | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Service provider organisation—service activity type, children's service code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 |
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |