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Client: Household composition, Label

Definition

Describes the client's living arrangements, represented by a label.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Client: Household composition, Label

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Household composition label 0.1 ".
Data Type String
Format AAAAA[XAAAA]
Maximum character length 10
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values SINGLE Single (person living alone)
SOLEPARENT Sole parent with dependant(s)
COUPLE Couple
FAMILY Couple with dependant(s)
GROUP Group (related adults)
GROUP2 Group (unrelated adults)
HOMELESS Homeless/No household
Supplementary Values NOTSTATED Not stated/Inadequately described

Comments

Household composition is classified into standard categories that are adapted from the data collection definitions used by AIHW. Household composition is adapted to include data on whether the client is homeless.

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Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 3
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0