Data dictionary - Needs fully met - Personal and community support - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Attributes

Outcome area	Personal and community support
Priority	Availability of support
Measure	Proportion of people with disability who had their needs fully met.
Most recent data	2022
Baseline data	2018
Population	People with disability of all ages living in households.
Numerator	Number of people with disability of all ages who do not need any assistance or do not need any more assistance with activities.
Denominator	Number of people with disability of all ages living in households.
Computation description	The number of people with disability who do not need any assistance or do not need any more assistance with activities, divided by the number of people with disability living in households. Expressed as a percentage.
Computation	100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Notes	People who have their needs fully met are those who do not need any assistance or do not need any more assistance with activities. People who do not have their needs fully met are those who need more assistance with at least one activity, regardless of whether any assistance is currently received. People who responded 'other (too young, activity not undertaken or not assessed)' and 'do not know if need more assistance with activities due to disability or old age' were excluded. Data for 2022 and previous years should be compared with caution, as the survey questionnaire sequencing has changed in 2022 due to the removal of some questions and structural changes to other questions.

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

Measure	Needs fully met