Table of contents
- Preliminary material (199K PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapters
- Main features (76K PDF)
- The data and its limitations (59K PDF)
- Section 1: Population and hostel service capacity (205K XLS)
- Population data in this section are derived from population estimates compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics based on preliminary results of the 1996 Census. Other data are derived from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services database on approved hostels for the aged as at 30 June 1997.
- Section 2: Hostel residents and hostel characteristics (174K XLS)
- These tables are based on those residents in hostels for the aged at 30 June 1997. Length of stay and age and sex of residents are included in this section as basic reporting.
- Section 3: Hostel admissions (394K XLS)
- These tables refer to admissions and people admitted to hostels between 1 July 1996 and 30 June 1997. An individual can have more than one admission during the period. Transfers are excluded from the tables in this section.
- Section 4: Hostel separations (168K XLS)
- These tables refer to separations from hostels between 1 July 1996 and 30 June 1997. An individual can have more than one separation during the period. Transfers are excluded from the tables in this section.
- Section 5: Hostel resident characteristics (165K XLS)
- These tables are based on information from the application form for hostel admission (HCA) for residents in hostels as at 30 June 1997.
- Section 6: Hostel resident dependency (270K XLS)
- Tables 6.1 to 6.5 refer to residents in hostels as at 30 June 1997 and Tables 6.5 to 6.20 apply to residents admitted or separated from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997. Resident dependency levels are based on the Personal Care Assessment Instrument which classifies the residents into three categories. The residents who do not have a PCAI are assumed to be receiving Hostel Care only.
- End matter (143K PDF)
- Glossary
- References