Prison entrant—age at first detention, total years NN[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Age at first detention |
Synonymous names:![]() | Age at first incarceration |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 697137 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Recorded 31/05/2018 |
Definition:![]() | A prison entrant's age (in years) at the time of their first detention within a corrective services facility. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Prison entrant—age at first detention |
Value Domain:![]() | Total years NN[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Total | |
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Data type:![]() | Number | |
Format:![]() | NN[N] | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 3 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values:![]() | 999 | Unknown |
Unit of measure:![]() | Year |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | For use in Prisoner health data collections. If this value domain is used with other metadata then 'Unknown' would map to code 998. |
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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 | |
Comments:![]() | Individuals who experience detention at a younger age often experience multiple periods of detention (AIHW 2008). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents:![]() | AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2008. Juvenile justice in Australia 2006-07. Juvenile justice series no. 4. Cat no. JUV 4. Canberra:AIHW |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Prison entrant—age at first detention, total years N[NN] Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 See also Incarceration history cluster Health!, Recorded 31/05/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Prison entrants NBEDS Health!, Recorded 31/05/2018 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the prison entrant being previously detained in a prison or juvenile justice centre. |