Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Fees charged (early childhood education and care) |
METEOR identifier: | 731276 |
Registration status: | Early Childhood, Standard 02/12/2020 |
Definition: | The actual tuition fees charged for the child to attend an early childhood education program at this service per week, measured in Australian dollars. |
Data Element Concept: | Child—early childhood education program fees charged per week |
Value Domain: | Total Australian currency N[N(8)] |
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Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Currency | |
Format: | N[N(8)] | |
Maximum character length: | 9 | |
Unit of measure: | Australian currency (AU$) |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Fees charged are usually based on the number of hours of an early childhood education program a child is enrolled to receive. If fees are charged on a per day, per term or per year basis, the pro-rata equivalent weekly fee should be derived by taking into account the days per week, weeks per term and/or weeks per year of the early childhood education program the child has enrolled to receive. If no fees are payable for a child to attend the early childhood education program record 0. Some early childhood education programs, particularly those offered at government preschools have no tuition fees. However, parents are encouraged to make a voluntary contribution to assist with the cost of running the early childhood education program. These voluntary contributions should be excluded, as should donations or additional charges for service components, such as nappy supplies, meals or transportation. Only include the fees charged for the child to attend the early childhood education program. Fees charged for the child to attend other programs with the service provider, such as out of school hours care, should be excluded. |
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Collection methods: | Jurisdictions which adopt a two week reference period are required to derive their data to a representative reference week. If subsidies are included in the calculation of the fees charged to the child, report the fees charged after deducting subsidies. If the child is eligible for additional fee discount, report the fees after the additional discount. |
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Submitting organisation: | Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment |
Steward: | Data Strategy Group (DSG) |
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Related metadata references: | Supersedes Child—early childhood education program fees charged per week, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2020 Early Childhood, Standard 02/12/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2021 Early Childhood, Qualified 25/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 |