- | Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2010 |
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- | Estimated resident population (ERP) cluster (early childhood education and care) |
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- | Age | Number
[3]
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- | Estimated resident population | Number
[8]
| N[N(7)] Total number of people. | DSS specific information: Children aged 3-6 years only. |
- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Fee schedule cluster (early childhood education and care) |
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- | Fee schedule amount | Currency
[8]
| N[NNNNN].NN Total number of Australian dollars and cents. | DSS specific information: |
- | Fee schedule (children's service centre-based long day care) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Daily fee for child aged under 2 years | 2 | Daily fee for child aged 2 years and over | 3 | Weekly fee for child aged under 2 years | 4 | Weekly fee for child aged 2 years and over | 5 | No fee |
| Conditional obligation: Only asked if child is in long day care centre. |
- | Fee schedule (children's service preschool service) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Daily fee for child aged 3 years | 2 | Daily fee for child aged 4 or 5 years | 3 | Sessional fee for child aged 3 years | 4 | Sessional fee for child aged 4 or 5 years | 5 | Term fee for child aged 3 years | 6 | Term fee for child aged 4 or 5 years | 7 | No fee |
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- | Service activity type (children's service) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Centre-based long day care | 2 | Occasional care | 3 | Outside school hours care | 4 | Vacation care | 5 | Family day care | 6 | In-home care | 7 | Preschool | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) cluster |
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- | Postcode—Australian (person) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | Conditional obligation: Only collected for unit record level collection for Early Childhood Education and Care |
- | Area of usual residence | Number
[7]
| NNNNNNN The ASGC (2009) code set representing geographical location at the collection district (CD) level. | Conditional obligation: Only collected for unit record level collection for Early Childhood Education and Care |
- | Postcode—Australian (service provider organisation) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Geographic location of organisation (CD) | Number
[7]
| NNNNNNN The ASGC (2009) code set representing geographical location at the collection district (CD) level. | |
- | Field of highest relevant qualification (early childhood education and care) | Number
[2]
| 1 | Teaching (early childhood related) | 2 | Teaching (primary) | 3 | Teaching (other) | 4 | Child Care | 5 | Nursing (including Mothercraft Nursing) | 6 | Other human welfare studies and services | 7 | Behavioural science | 8 | Other early childhood related | 9 | Other qualification not related to early childhood | | | 97 | Not applicable (No qualification) | 98 | Unknown (Qualification unknown) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Level of highest qualification in employment field | Number
[2]
| 1 | Postgraduate degree | 2 | Graduate diploma or graduate certificate level | 3 | Bachelor degree (honours) | 4 | Bachelor degree pass (4 years or equivalent) | 5 | Bachelor degree pass (3 years or equivalent) | 6 | Advanced diploma | 7 | Diploma | 8 | Certificate level 3 or 4 | 9 | Certificate level 1 or 2 | 10 | Other certificate | 97 | Not applicable (no qualification in early education and care related field) | 98 | Unknown (qualification unknown) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Preschool program delivered by teacher indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Type of work activity | Number
[1]
| 1 | Primary contact | 2 | Other contact | 3 | Management/administration only | 4 | Other work | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Age | Number
[3]
| | DSS specific information: Age should be collected for children referenced to their age at 1 July. |
- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Role of early childhood education and care worker | Number
[1]
| 1 | Principal/director/coordinator/teacher-in-charge | 2 | Group leader/teacher | 3 | Assistant/aide | 4 | Other contact worker | 5 | Non contact worker |
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- | Address line (service provider organisation) | String
[180]
| X[X(179)] A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
- | Postcode—Australian (service provider organisation) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Suburb/town/locality name (service provider organisation) | String
[50]
| A[A(49)] A combination of alphabetic characters. | DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education and Care collection, this item refers to the location at which the preschool program is provided. |
- | Australian state/territory identifier (service provider organisation) | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
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- | Eligibility for subsidy indicator | Boolean
[1]
| | DSS specific information: Subsidies is defined as state and territory government funding for preschools and/or preschool programs, as well as any additional financial support provided by the Commonwealth, state and territory and local governments to eligible families to make preschool more affordable. |
- | Management type | Number
[1]
| 1 | Community managed | 2 | Government managed | 3 | Private-for profit | 4 | Independent school | 8 | Other | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Maximum preschool program hours available per week (service provider organisation) | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Number of children attending preschool | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of Indigenous children attending preschool | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of Indigenous children enrolled in preschool | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of preschool enrolments at the service provider level | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] The total number. | |
- | Number of preschool program hours enrolled per week | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] Total number of hours. | |
- | Service operation weeks | Number
[2]
| 90 | No regular pattern of operation through a year | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education NMDS, a Service Provider Organisation is defined as the organisational unit which delivers an early childhood education service at a particular location. |
- | Organisation identifier (early childhood education and care) | String
[15]
| X(15) A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education and Care collection, this item refers to the location at which the preschool program is provided. |
- | Total preschool attendance hours | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] Total number of hours. | |
- | Service activity type (children's service) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Centre-based long day care | 2 | Occasional care | 3 | Outside school hours care | 4 | Vacation care | 5 | Family day care | 6 | In-home care | 7 | Preschool | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Service delivery setting (children's services) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Centre-based—school | 2 | Centre-based—other | 3 | Home-based—child’s home | 4 | Home-based—other | 5 | General community setting |
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- | Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2010 |
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- | Estimated resident population (ERP) cluster (early childhood education and care) |
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- | Age | Number
[3]
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- | Estimated resident population | Number
[8]
| N[N(7)] Total number of people. | DSS specific information: Children aged 3-6 years only. |
- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) cluster |
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- | Postcode—Australian (person) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | Conditional obligation: Only collected for unit record level collection for Early Childhood Education and Care |
- | Area of usual residence | Number
[7]
| NNNNNNN The ASGC (2009) code set representing geographical location at the collection district (CD) level. | Conditional obligation: Only collected for unit record level collection for Early Childhood Education and Care |
- | Postcode—Australian (service provider organisation) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Geographic location of organisation (CD) | Number
[7]
| NNNNNNN The ASGC (2009) code set representing geographical location at the collection district (CD) level. | |
- | Statistical linkage key 581 cluster |
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1 | Letters of family name | String
[3]
| XXX A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
2 | Letters of given name | String
[2]
| XX A combination of alphanumeric characters. | |
3 | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | |
4 | Sex | Number
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Intersex or indeterminate | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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5 | Statistical linkage key 581 | String
[14]
| XXXXXDDMMYYYYN
A combination of the second, third and fifth alphanumeric characters of a person's family name, the second and third alphanumeric characters of a person's given name, a date in the format DDMMYYYY and a single digit number representing the sex of a person. | |
6 | Date accuracy indicator | String
[3]
| AAA | Day, month and year are accurate | AAE | Day and month are accurate, year is estimated | AAU | Day and month are accurate, year is unknown | AEA | Day is accurate, month is estimated, year is accurate | AEE | Day is accurate, month and year are estimated | AEU | Day is accurate, month is estimated, year is unknown | AUA | Day is accurate, month is unknown, year is accurate | AUE | Day is accurate, month is unknown, year is estimated | AUU | Day is accurate, month and year are unknown | EAA | Day is estimated, month and year are accurate | EAE | Day is estimated, month is accurate, year is estimated | EAU | Day is estimated, month is accurate, year is unknown | EEA | Day and month are estimated, year is accurate | EEE | Day, month and year are estimated | EEU | Day and month are estimated, year is unknown | EUA | Day is estimated, month is unknown, year is accurate | EUE | Day is estimated, month is unknown, year is estimated | EUU | Day is estimated, month and year are unknown | UAA | Day is unknown, month and year are accurate | UAE | Day is unknown, month is accurate, year is estimated | UAU | Day is unknown, month is accurate, year is unknown | UEA | Day is unknown, month is estimated, year is accurate | UEE | Day is unknown, month and year are estimated | UEU | Day is unknown, month is estimated, year is unknown | UUA | Day and month are unknown, year is accurate | UUE | Day and month are unknown, year is estimated | UUU | Day, month and year are unknown |
| Conditional obligation: Where a date of birth is estimated the date accuracy indicator should be used |
- | Eligibility for subsidy indicator | Boolean
[1]
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- | Fees charged in the census week | Currency
[9]
| N[N(8)] Total number of Australian dollars. | |
- | Maximum preschool program hours available per week (Child) | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Maximum preschool program hours available per week (Child) | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Preschool program hours attended (total) | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Preschool program hours enrolled (total) | Number
[2]
| N[N] Total number of hours. | |
- | Preschool service enrolment indicator | Boolean
[1]
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- | Preschool service received indicator | Boolean
[1]
| | DSS specific information: The child is defined as having attended preschool if they attended at least once within the census week. Children who were absent during the census week due to illness or extended holiday leave should not be included. |
- | Postcode—Australian (person) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Suburb/town/locality name (person) | String
[50]
| A[A(49)] A combination of alphabetic characters. | |
- | Field of highest relevant qualification (early childhood education and care) | Number
[2]
| 1 | Teaching (early childhood related) | 2 | Teaching (primary) | 3 | Teaching (other) | 4 | Child Care | 5 | Nursing (including Mothercraft Nursing) | 6 | Other human welfare studies and services | 7 | Behavioural science | 8 | Other early childhood related | 9 | Other qualification not related to early childhood | | | 97 | Not applicable (No qualification) | 98 | Unknown (Qualification unknown) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Level of highest qualification in employment field | Number
[2]
| 1 | Postgraduate degree | 2 | Graduate diploma or graduate certificate level | 3 | Bachelor degree (honours) | 4 | Bachelor degree pass (4 years or equivalent) | 5 | Bachelor degree pass (3 years or equivalent) | 6 | Advanced diploma | 7 | Diploma | 8 | Certificate level 3 or 4 | 9 | Certificate level 1 or 2 | 10 | Other certificate | 97 | Not applicable (no qualification in early education and care related field) | 98 | Unknown (qualification unknown) | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Preschool program delivered by teacher indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Type of work activity | Number
[1]
| 1 | Primary contact | 2 | Other contact | 3 | Management/administration only | 4 | Other work | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Area of usual residence | Number
[7]
| NNNNNNN The ASGC (2009) code set representing geographical location at the collection district (CD) level. | |
- | Area of usual residence | Number
[7]
| NNNNNNN The ASGC (2009) code set representing geographical location at the collection district (CD) level. | |
- | Australian state/territory identifier (person) | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
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- | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Role of early childhood education and care worker | Number
[1]
| 1 | Principal/director/coordinator/teacher-in-charge | 2 | Group leader/teacher | 3 | Assistant/aide | 4 | Other contact worker | 5 | Non contact worker |
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- | Postcode—Australian (service provider organisation) | Number
[4]
| {NNNN} The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post. | |
- | Suburb/town/locality name (service provider organisation) | String
[50]
| A[A(49)] A combination of alphabetic characters. | DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education and Care collection, this item refers to the location at which the preschool program is provided. |
- | Management type | Number
[1]
| 1 | Community managed | 2 | Government managed | 3 | Private-for profit | 4 | Independent school | 8 | Other | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Service operation weeks | Number
[2]
| 90 | No regular pattern of operation through a year | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education NMDS, a Service Provider Organisation is defined as the organisational unit which delivers an early childhood education service at a particular location. |
- | Organisation identifier (early childhood education and care) | String
[15]
| X(15) A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: In the Early Childhood Education and Care collection, this item refers to the location at which the preschool program is provided. |
- | Service activity type (children's service) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Centre-based long day care | 2 | Occasional care | 3 | Outside school hours care | 4 | Vacation care | 5 | Family day care | 6 | In-home care | 7 | Preschool | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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- | Service delivery setting (children's services) | Number
[1]
| 1 | Centre-based—school | 2 | Centre-based—other | 3 | Home-based—child’s home | 4 | Home-based—other | 5 | General community setting |
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