Final report on the development of the Children's Services National Minimum Data Set

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This is the final report of the Children's Services Data Working Group on the development of the Children's Services National Minimum Data Set (CSNMDS). It describes the background to the CSNMDS, its development, testing and final approval. It also includes the Final Children's Services National Minimum Data Set Specifications.

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Published 20 February 2007; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 650 7; AIHW cat. no. CFS 6; 174pp.; $28.00

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Full publication (512KB PDF)

  • Preliminary material (165KB PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (86KB PDF)
    2. The Children's Services Data Working Group (139KB PDF)
    3. Development of the Children's Services National Minimum Data Set (196KB PDF)
      • Review of existing information
      • Initial field test
      • Phase 1 pilot test
      • Phase 2 pilot test
      • Sign-off
    4. Description of the CSNMDS (115KB PDF)
      • Services
      • Workers
      • Children
    5. Next steps (86KB PDF)
      • NCSIMG bid to the Community and Disability Services Ministerial Advisory Council to fund implementation of the CSNMDS
      • Impact of implementation of the CSNMDS
  • End matter
    • References (82KB PDF)
    • Appendix A: Current child care and preschool services data collections (83KB PDF)
    • Appendix B: Children's Services Data Working Group (CSDWG) membership at 2 June 2005 (126K PDF)
    • Appendix C: Recommendations and outcomes of the first pilot test (131KB PDF)
    • Appendix D: Recommendations and outcomes of the second pilot test (132KB PDF)
    • Appendix E: Linkage key for use with the CSNMDS (82KB PDF)
    • Appendix F: Final Children's Services National Minimum Data Set Specifications Version 0.4 (535KB PDF)
      • Preface
        1. Introduction
        2. Scope
        3. Collection process
        4. Structure of data definitions
        5. Data definitions
      • Index of data items
    • List of tables (82KB PDF)
    • List of figures (99KB PDF)

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Notes and corrections

The current version of the publication is presented above. Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

  1. July 2008: minor corrections were made to pages 16, 55, 63 and 141