Disability support services 2003-04: national data on services provided under the Commonwealth State/Territory disability agreement

Preliminary material (171K PDF):
List of tables; List of appendix tables; List of figures and boxes; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols
 

1. Summary (Sections 1-3: 252K PDF)
2. Introduction
   • Brief history of the CSTDA NMDS
   • Collection method and data included
   • Scope of the CSTDA NMDS
   • Counts and definitions
   • Outputs from CSTDA NMDS collections
   • Data quality
3. Service users: characteristics and service use
   • State distribution and service type
   • Age, sex and disability group
   • Indigenous status
   • Country of birth
   • Communication method and need for an interpreter
   • Income and labour force status ¹
   • Individualised funding
   • Location of service users
4. Informal carers, support needs and living arrangements (Sections 4-7: 319K PDF)
   • Presence of an informal carer
   • Carer age and relationship to service user
   • Carer primary status and co-residency
   • Support needs
   • Living arrangements and residential setting
5. Service outlets
   • Agency sector
   • State distribution and service type
   • Period of operation
6. Service usage
   • Starting and exiting services
   • Measures of service quantity
   • Multiple service usage
7. Data quality
   • Service type outlet response rates
   • Service user response rate
   • 'Not stated' and 'not known' rates

End matter (346K PDF)

• Appendixes
  • Appendix 1: Detailed tables
  • Appendix 2: CSTDA NMDS 2003-04 collection forms
    • CSTDA NMDS Service type outlet form 2003-2004 (115K PDF)
    • CSTDA NMDS Service user form 2003-2004 (153K PDF)
  • Appendix 3: Using the statistical linkage key
  • Appendix 4: Service type classification (definitions)
  • Appendix 5: English Proficiency groupings
• References