National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 4-Proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness, 2011
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Indicator 4-Proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness, 2011. |
METEOR identifier: | 429277 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Recorded 27/09/2011 Housing assistance, Recorded 27/09/2011 |
Description: | The proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness. |
Indicator set: | National Affordable Housing Agreement (2011) Homelessness, Recorded 27/06/2016 Housing assistance, Recorded 27/06/2016 |
Outcome area: | People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness achieve sustainable housing and social inclusion Homelessness, Recorded 27/06/2016 Housing assistance, Recorded 27/06/2016 |
Data quality statement: | National Affordable Housing Agreement: Indicator 4-Proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness, 2011 QS Homelessness, Recorded 05/10/2011 Housing assistance, Recorded 05/10/2011 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | This is an interim measure as there is currently no data collection identified that measures the proportion of people experiencing repeat periods of homelessness. The information ‘housing/accommodation need identified by SAAP agency worker’ can be sourced from Question 17 of the SAAP Client collection from. Four types of housing and accommodation are available for identification:
A SAAP support period commences when a client begins to receive support and/or supported accommodation from a SAAP agency. The support period if considered to finish when:
If it is not clear whether the agency or the client has ended the relationship, the support period is assumed to have ended if no assistance has been provided to the client for a period of 1 month. In such a case, the date the support period ended is the last contact with the client. Accompanying child is defined as a person aged under 18 years who:
Presented as a percentage. |
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Computation: | 100 x (numerator ÷ denominator) |
Numerator: | Number of Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) clients (and accompanying children) who more than once in 2008-09 have housing/accommodation need identified by SAAP agency worker. |
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Denominator: | Number of SAAP clients (and accompanying children) in 2008-09 who have housing/accommodation need identified by SAAP agency worker. |
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Disaggregation: | State and Territory, by:
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Comments: | Key amendments from first cycle of reporting: Small changes have been made to the method of computing data for this indicator. The changes are mostly due to the improved handling of missing data, so that the method used is consistent with that used from outputs 1(a) and 2. Revised data have been provided for the base line year. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Proportion |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Shelter and housing |
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Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Steward: | Housing and Homelessness Information Management Group |
Reference documents: | AIHW 2010. Government-funded specialist homelessness services: SAAP National Data Collection annual report 2008-09. Cat. No. HOU 291. Canberra: AIHW. |