Table of contents

  • List of tables
  • List of appendix tables
  • List of figures
  • List of boxes
  • Preface
  • Summary and outline
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Overview
  • 2 Introduction
    • 2.1 CSDA MDS collections
    • 2.2 How  the collection was conducted
    • 2.3 Scope and limitations of the collection
  • 3 Recipients of CSDA services
    • 3.1 Age and  sex
    • 3.2 Disability group
    • 3.3 Country of birth
    • 3.4 Indigenous Australians
    • 3.5 Communication
    • 3.6 Frequency and  area of support
    • 3.7 Income  source
    • 3.8 Accommodation
    • 3.9 State distribution
  • 4 Service data
    • 4.1 Auspice
    • 4.2 State distribution
    • 4.3 Service income (CSDA) from governments
    • 4.4 Urban, rural and  remote area  distribution
    • 4.5 Operating periods
    • 4.6 Staff hours
  • 5 Performance indicators
    • 5.1 Background
    • 5.2 'Potential population'
    • 5.3 Performance indicators of effectiveness
  • 6 Data quality and future of the collection
    • 6.1 Response rates and  data quality
    • 6.2 Linkage  Key trial
    • 6.3 New features of the 1998 collection
    • 6.4 Future collections
  • Appendices
    • Appendix 1: Papers and  publications using the CSDA MDS collections
    • Appendix 2: Key changes to the CSDA MDS collections 1996-1998
    • Appendix 3: Detailed tables 
    • Appendix 4: CSDA MDS 1998 collection forms
  • References