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released: 31 Aug 2006 author: AIHW media release

'Disability support services 2004-05' reports on data collected as part of the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS) between 1 July 2004 and 30 June 2005. The NMDS provides information on the service outlets funded under the CSTDA and the people who use these services.The report includes a strong focus on data relating to the support needs, informal carers and living arrangements of people who access CSTDA-funded services. For the first time, some comparisons between two full financial years of CSTDA data (2003-04 and 2004-05) are included.

ISSN 1444-3589; ISBN 978 1 74024 602 6; Cat. no. DIS 46; 141pp.; Internet only

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (172KB 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 (186KB PDF - 30KB HTML)
    2. Introduction (335KB 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. Outputs from the CSTDA NMDS collection
      6. Data quality
      7. Outline of the report
    3. Service users: characteristics and service use
      1. State distribution and service type
      2. Age, sex and disability group
      3. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service Users
      4. Country of birth
      5. Communication method and need for an interpreter
      6. Income and labour force status
      7. Individualised funding
      8. Location of service users
    4. Informal carers, support needs and living arrangements (222KB PDF)
      1. Presence of an informal carer
      2. Carer age and relationship to service user
      3. Carer primary status and co-residency
      4. Support needs
      5. Living arrangements and residential setting
    5. Service outlets
      1. Agency sector
      2. State distribution and service type
      3. Period of operation
    6. Service use (219KB PDF)
      1. Measures of service quantity
      2. Multiple service use
      3. Exiting services
    7. Data quality
      1. Service type outlet response rates
      2. Service user response rate
      3. 'Not stated' and 'not known' rates
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Detailed tables (244KB PDF)
      • Appendix 2: CSTDA NMDS 2004-05 collection forms (187KB PDF)
      • Appendix 3: Using the statistical linkage key (225KB PDF)
      • Appendix 4: Service type classification (definitions)
      • Appendix 5: English proficiency groupings
    • References

Notes and corrections

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  1. An amendment has been made to Figure 1.1 on page 3 (10 October 2007).

Recommended citation

AIHW 2006. Disability support services 2004-05: national data on services provided under the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement. Disability series. Cat. no. DIS 46. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442467893>.