Data starter, issue 2 July 2005: collecting disability data, a guide for service providers
Data Starter 2 is intended to provide a resource for service providers by outlining the steps that are involved in planning and developing a disability data collection. The Starter outlines the types of information that may be gathered, gives practical advice on how to get started, and provides guidance on data management and analysis and on privacy implications of collecting data. This document is a companion to Data Starter 1,which describes existing disability data and how they can be obtained.
Cat. no. DSS 2; 8pp.; Internet only
Data starter, issue 2 July 2005: collecting disability data, a guide for service providers
Data starter series no. 2
Full publication
Publication table of contents
- Why collect data?
- Do you really need to collect data, and what data do you need?
- What should you collect data about?
- Privacy implications of collecting data
- Designing a data collection
- How should you collect data?
- Developing questions and data items
- Data management considerations
- Analysing data and feeding back to data providers
- Data collection checklist
- References
Recommended citation
AIHW 2005. Data starter, issue 2 July 2005: collecting disability data, a guide for service providers. Cat. no. DSS 2. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442467729>.