Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Preschool program hours enrolled (total) |
METEOR identifier: | 436130 |
Registration status: | Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013 |
Definition: | The total number of hours of a preschool program that a child is enrolled to receive per week. |
Data Element Concept: | Child—preschool program hours enrolled |
Value Domain: | Total hours N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 2 | |
Unit of measure: | Hour (h) |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Total hours expressed as 0, 1, 2, 25, 60 etc. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | A child is considered to be enrolled if:
Non-instructional times such as recess, tea breaks and lunch breaks should be included if the child was under the supervision of the service provider organisation The hours enrolled may be less than or equal to the maximum number of hours available for children to attend the preschool program, but may exceed the number of hours the child attended at the service in the reference period. |
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Collection methods: | The hours of a preschool program a child is enrolled to receive should be reported for the specified reference period. Jurisdictions which adopt a two week reference period are required to derive their data to a representative reference week. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Steward: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Child—preschool program hours enrolled per week, total hours N[N] Community Services (retired), Retired 21/05/2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011 Has been superseded by Child—preschool program hours enrolled (per week), total hours N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 19/09/2013 Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2011 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 |