Data dictionary - Social participation - Inclusive homes and communities - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Attributes

Outcome area	Inclusive homes and communities
Priority	Social inclusion and participation
Measure	Proportion of people with disability who participated in a cultural, sport or social activity away from home in the last 12 months¹.
Most recent data	2018
Baseline data	2018
Population	People aged 5 and over with disability, living in households, excluding people who do not leave home.
Numerator	Number of people with disability aged 5 and over who participated in a cultural, sport or social activity away from home in last 12 months.
Denominator	Number of people with disability aged 5 and over, living in households, excluding people who do not leave home.
Computation description	The number of people aged 5 and over with disability living in households who participated in a cultural, sport or social activity away from home in last 12 months, divided by the number of people aged 5 and over with disability living in households who leave home. Expressed as a percentage.
Computation	100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Notes	The Strategy would like to see the following tracked – Proportion of people with disability actively involved in community, cultural, or religious groups in the past 12 months or have taken part in an activity they organised. Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported.

Source Name	Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)

Measure	Social participation