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released: 13 Jun 2008 author: AIHW

Linking the SAAP, child protection and juvenile justice data collections would provide valuable information about the characteristics of people who are involved in one or more of these sectors. This information would support policies and programs aimed at implementing, monitoring and evaluating targeted intervention strategies. In this report, the feasibility of linking these three data collections is investigated. The authors conclude that linkage is technically feasible and that both the SAAP and juvenile justice data collections have data currently suitable for linkage. Linkage with the child protection data collection would be dependent on the successful implementation of the planned national minimum data set.

ISSN 1833-1238; ISBN 978 1 74024 789 4; Cat. no. CSI 5; 36pp.; $24.00

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
    2. Policy issues that could be investigated
      1. Research into links between child welfare, homelessness and juvenile justice
      2. Policy questions for investigation
      3. Possible types of analysis
    3. State of readiness for data linkage
      1. Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
      2. Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set
      3. Child Protection National Minimum Data Set
      4. Summary and conclusions
    4. Privacy, confidentiality and consent
      1. Personal information, privacy and data linkage
      2. Privacy and data linkage at the AIHW
      3. Consent
      4. Personal information and privacy regulations
      5. Process of data linkage
    5. Methodological issues
      1. Overview of data linkage method
      2. Treatment of missing linkage key data
      3. Variation in linkage keys and validity testing
      4. Timing of data
      5. Overview of linked data set
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1 Jurisdictional data linkage approval processes
    • Appendix 2 Data collection items
      • SAAP data collection
      • Juvenile Justice NMDS
      • Child Protection NMDS
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2008. Linking SAAP, child protection and juvenile justice data collections: a feasibility study. Data linkage series no. 5. Cat. no. CSI 5. Canberra: AIHW.