Person—level of highest educational attainment, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Level of highest educational attainment |
METEOR identifier: | 270097 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 29/04/2006 |
Definition: | The highest qualification reported by a person in any field of study, or the highest year of school completed, whichever is the higher, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—level of highest educational attainment |
Value Domain: | Highest education level code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001. Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) 2001. Cat. no. 1272.0. Canberra: ABS. Reference through: http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/StatsLibrary |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | The recommended question wording for this metadata item is as follows: 'What is the highest level of education you/the person/(name) has completed?' (Mark one box only). The focus of the item is completed education so if the client is in Year 11, then the category Junior Secondary Education (Year 10) should be marked as the highest level of education completed. Primary School Education includes school up to Years 6 in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory; and up to Year 7 in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. CODES 1 - 7 The levels should be listed as set out in the value domain above (Codes 1-7 only). CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use on primary collection forms. It is primarily for use in administrative collections when transferring data from data sets where the item has not been collected. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—level of highest educational attainment, code NN Community Services (retired), Standard 29/04/2006 Is re-engineered from Level of highest educational attainment, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.4 KB) No registration status |