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Preliminary material: 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

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