- Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2012 Mandatory 1 - Early childhood education and care worker cluster Mandatory 1 1 Person (employed)—paid employment indicator, code N DSS specific information:
'Yes' includes early childhood education and care workers who receive wages or salary. They can include contract workers or relief workers. 'No' includes workers who are not paid, but who may be receiving in-kind benefits in recognition or exchange for their work. Unpaid staff may include volunteers, unpaid work trainees, parents and family members and students on work experience. In-kind benefits such as free child care or the reimbursement of work-related expenses in full or part (for example, token payments or small gifts such as t-shirts) are not regarded as payment of salary, and people who receive these are considered to be unpaid workers.
Mandatory 1 2 Person (employed)—type of work activity, early childhood education and care, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on responding '1 Yes' to whether the person is in paid employment.Conditional 1 3 Person (employed)—role of early childhood education and care worker, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on responding '1 Yes' to whether the person is in paid employment.Conditional 1 4 Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.Conditional 1 5 Person (employed)—level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.Conditional 1 6 Person (employed)—preschool program delivery indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.Conditional 1 7 Person (employed)—hours worked in preschool program delivery, total hours NNN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker who delivered a preschool program.Conditional 1 - Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.Mandatory 1 - Address—statistical area, level 1 (SA1) code (ASGS 2011) N(11) DSS specific information:
This item should be collected for the physical location at which the early childhood education and care service is delivered.
Mandatory 1 - Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)] DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.Mandatory 1 - Organisation—organisation name, text X[X(199)] DSS specific information:
This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program to children.
The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.
A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates preschool programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.
Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of a preschool program.
The organisation name type data item is not required.
Mandatory 1 - Person—age, total years N[NN] DSS specific information:
Age should be collected for children referenced to their age at 1 July in the year of data collection.Mandatory 1 - Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)] Mandatory 1 - Person—Indigenous status, code N DSS specific information:
The parent or guardian should be asked to declare the child’s Indigenous status on their behalf.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation (address)—address line, text X[X(179)] DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered only.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—Australian state/territory identifier, code N DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—geographic location (CD), code (ASGC 2011) NNNNNNN DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered only.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—government funding type, early childhood education and care code N Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—management type, early childhood education and care, code N[N] DSS specific information:
The legal or social entity responsible for managing the delivery of early childhood education and care services is the entity responsible for the day to day running of early childhood education and care services, including task such as the design and the delivery of the preschool program, the hiring and firing of staff, the care of the children, etc.
Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—maximum preschool program hours available per week, total hours N[N] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of children attending a preschool program, total N[NNNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children attending a preschool program, total number N[NNNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of Indigenous children enrolled in a preschool program, total N[NNNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of preschool program enrolments, total number N[NNNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of preschool program hours enrolled, total hours N[NNNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of preschool program service operation weeks (calendar year), total NN Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X(15) DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the location at which the preschool program is delivered. A discrete identifier should be supplied for each preschool program operated as a separate campus or ‘satellite’ of a parent service provider organisation.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—preschool program attendance hours, total hours N[NNNN] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—preschool program weekly tuition fee schedule amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—service activity type, early childhood education and care, code N[N] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—service delivery setting, early childhood education and care, code N Mandatory 1 - Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2012 Mandatory 1 - Early childhood education and care worker cluster Mandatory 1 1 Person (employed)—paid employment indicator, code N DSS specific information:
'Yes' includes early childhood education and care workers who receive wages or salary. They can include contract workers or relief workers. 'No' includes workers who are not paid, but who may be receiving in-kind benefits in recognition or exchange for their work. Unpaid staff may include volunteers, unpaid work trainees, parents and family members and students on work experience. In-kind benefits such as free child care or the reimbursement of work-related expenses in full or part (for example, token payments or small gifts such as t-shirts) are not regarded as payment of salary, and people who receive these are considered to be unpaid workers.
Mandatory 1 2 Person (employed)—type of work activity, early childhood education and care, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on responding '1 Yes' to whether the person is in paid employment.Conditional 1 3 Person (employed)—role of early childhood education and care worker, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on responding '1 Yes' to whether the person is in paid employment.Conditional 1 4 Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.Conditional 1 5 Person (employed)—level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.Conditional 1 6 Person (employed)—preschool program delivery indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described, code N Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.Conditional 1 7 Person (employed)—hours worked in preschool program delivery, total hours NNN Conditional obligation:
Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker who delivered a preschool program.Conditional 1 - Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) cluster 2011 Mandatory 1 - Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} Optional 1 - Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2011) NNNNN Conditional obligation:
Only collected for unit record level collection for Early Childhood Education and CareOptional 1 - Service provider organisation—geographic location (CD), code (ASGC 2011) NNNNNNN Optional 1 - Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} DSS specific information:
This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.
Child
Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box postcode or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.
Early childhood education and care service
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.
Mandatory 2 - Address—statistical area, level 1 (SA1) code (ASGS 2011) N(11) DSS specific information:
This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.
Child
Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box, suburb/town/locality name or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.
Early childhood education and care service
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.
Mandatory 2 - Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)] DSS specific information:
This item should be collected twice: once for the child and once for the early childhood education and care service.
Child
Should be reported for the usual residence of the child’s parent or guardian. Do not report the post office box, suburb/town/locality name or other non-residential address of the child’s parent or guardian.
Early childhood education and care service
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.
Mandatory 2 - Child—maximum preschool program hours available, total hours N[N] Mandatory 1 - Child—preschool program attendance indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
Attendance in a preschool program should be reported for the specified reference period.
Record 'Yes' if the child attended a preschool program for at least one hour during the reference period.
Record 'No' if the child did not attend a preschool program during the reference period due to illness or extended holiday leave.
Mandatory 1 - Child—preschool program enrolment indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
Enrolment in a preschool program should be reported for the specified reference period.
Mandatory 1 - Child—preschool program fees charged per week, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Mandatory 1 - Child—preschool program hours attended (per week), total hours N[N] Mandatory 1 - Child—preschool program hours enrolled (per week), total hours N[N] Mandatory 1 - Child—preschool program received from a qualified teacher indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Mandatory 1 - Child—preschool program repeater indicator, yes/no/unknown/not stated/inadequately described code N Mandatory 1 - Organisation—organisation name, text X[X(199)] DSS specific information:
This item should be used to report the operating or trading name of the early childhood education and care service which delivers a preschool program to children.
The registered business name should not be used if it is different from the name of early childhood education and care service that it manages or owns.
A campus name or satellite school name (e.g. where the service provider organisation operates preschool programs at multiple geographical locations using the same service provider name) may also be used.
Each service provider must have a discrete service provider organisation name to allow identification of each individual location for provision of a preschool program.
The organisation name type data item is not required.
Mandatory 1 - Person—area of usual residence, geographical location CD code, (ASGC 2011) NNNNNNN DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.
Collection District should be coded based on the full address of the child, including street number, street name, suburb/town locality name and state/territory identifier to obtain the most accurate coding.
Mandatory 1 - Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the usual residence of the child's parent or guardian.Mandatory 1 - Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the child.
For components of the Date of birth which are unknown, 00 should be recorded, for example if a child was born in July 2007 but the day of birth is unknown record 00072007.
Mandatory 1 - Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)] Mandatory 1 - Person—Indigenous status, code N DSS specific information:
The parent or guardian should be asked to declare the child’s Indigenous status on their behalf.Mandatory 1 - Person—letters of family name, text XXX DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the child only, i.e. information not required for teachers.Mandatory 1 - Person—letters of given name, text XX DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the child only, i.e. information not required for teachers.Mandatory 1 - Person—sex, code N DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the child only, i.e. information not required for teachers.Mandatory 1 - Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYN Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation (address)—address line, text X[X(179)] DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered only.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—government funding type, early childhood education and care code N Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—management type, early childhood education and care, code N[N] DSS specific information:
The legal or social entity responsible for managing the delivery of early childhood education and care services is the entity responsible for the day to day running of early childhood education and care services, including task such as the design and the delivery of the preschool program, the hiring and firing of staff, the care of the children, etc.
Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—number of preschool program service operation weeks (calendar year), total NN Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—organisation identifier, X(15) DSS specific information:
Should be reported for the location at which the preschool program is delivered. A discrete identifier should be supplied for each preschool program operated as a separate campus or ‘satellite’ of a parent service provider organisation.Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—service activity type, early childhood education and care, code N[N] Mandatory 1 - Service provider organisation—service delivery setting, early childhood education and care, code N Mandatory 1