Disability support services 2002-03: the first six months of data from the Commonwealth State/Territory disability agreement National Minimum Data Set

Full publication

• Disability support services 2002-03: the first six months of data from the Commonwealth State/Territory disability agreement National Minimum Data Set (671K PDF)

Publication table of contents

• Preliminary material (161K PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • List of tables
  • List of appendix tables
  • List of figures and boxes
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Symbols
• Sections
  1. Summary (149.5K PDF - 35K HTML)
  2. Introduction (224K PDF)
     1. Brief history of the CSTDA NMDS
     2. Collection method and data included
     3. Scope of the CSTDA NMDS
     4. Counts and definitions
     5. Period of current collection
     6. Outputs from CSTDA NMDS collections
  3. Data collection and data quality issues (311K PDF)
     1. Nature of the 2002-03 collection
     2. Service type outlet response rates
     3. Service user response rate
     4. 'Not stated' and 'not known' rates
     5. Comparison of first six months of data with previous snapshot day collections
     6. Possible differences between six-month and twelve-month data
  4. Service user characteristics
     1. State distribution and service type
     2. Age, sex and disability group
     3. Indigenous status
     4. Country of birth
     5. Communication method and need for an interpreter
     6. Support needs
     7. Location of service users
     8. Income and labour force status
     9. Individualised funding
     10. Living arrangements and residential setting
  5. Informal carers (270K PDF)
     1. Presence of an informal carer
     2. Carer relationship to service user and carer age
     3. Carer primary status and co-residency
  6. Service usage
     1. Multiple service usage
     2. Measures of service quantity
     3. Exit from services
  7. Service type outlets
     1. Agency sector
     2. State distribution and service type
     3. Period of operation
• End matter
  • Appendixes(188K PDF)
    • Appendix 1: Detailed and 'snapshot' tables
    • Appendix 2: CSTDA NMDS 2002-03 collection forms (189K PDF)
    • Appendix 3: Inclusion rules for six-monthly data (208K PDF)
    • Appendix 4: Using the statistical linkage key
    • Appendix 5: Technical note on possible differences between six-month and twelve-month data
    • Appendix 6: English Proficiency groupings
  • References