SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 2006 This field is contained in Government-funded students and courses (VET) and VET in schools the following database/s: (VETiS) Students Program enrolments Subject enrolments Program completions National Student Outcomes Survey (SOS) Government-funded students Students and courses (VET) / VET in schools Term Definition Classification Classification Source categories sub-categories SEIFA Identifies the Quintile 1: Most disadvantaged n/a Calculated based (IRSD) status of a on the AVETMISS 2006 client based on the Index field Postcode from Quintile 2: of Relative the Client file, and Economic Disadvantage mapped to the Quintile 3: (IRSD) classification. SEIFA Index of Relative Quintile 4: Disadvantage Quintile 5: Least disadvantaged calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from Not known Census information. Not collected Note: SEIFA data for 2006-2010 are mapped to the SEIFA 2006 indexes using ABS ASGC Statistical Local Areas (which are derived from the AVETMISS fields Postcode and Suburb from the Client file). SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 2006 continued on next page SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 2006 (cont.) National Student Outcomes Survey (Student attributes) Term Definition Classification categories Classification Source sub-categories SEIFA 2006 Measures and ranks Extreme disadvantage n/a National Student (IRSD) areas according to Outcomes Survey and positional High Disadvantage 2008 - 2011 disadvantage based on information derived from Average disadvantage the SEIFA Index of
SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 2006 This field is contained in the following database/s: Government-funded students and courses (VET) and VET in schools (VETiS) Students Program enrolments Subject enrolments Program completions National Student Outcomes Survey (SOS) Government-funded students Students and courses (VET) / VET in schools Term Definition Classification categories Classification sub-categories Source SEIFA (IRSD) 2006 Identifies the status of a client based on the Index of Relative Disadvantage (IRSD) classification. Quintile 1: Most disadvantaged n/a Calculated based on the AVETMISS field Postcode from the Client file, and mapped to the SEIFA Index of Relative Disadvantage calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from Census information. Quintile 2: Quintile 3: Quintile 4: Quintile 5: Least disadvantaged Not known Not collected Note: SEIFA data for 2006-2010 are mapped to the SEIFA 2006 indexes using ABS ASGC Statistical Local Areas (which are derived from the AVETMISS fields Postcode and Suburb from the Client file). SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 2006 continued on next page SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) 2006 (cont.) National Student Outcomes Survey (Student attributes) Term Definition Classification categories Classification sub-categories Source SEIFA 2006 (IRSD) Measures and ranks areas according to and positional disadvantage based on information derived from the SEIFA Index of Extreme disadvantage n/a National Student Outcomes Survey 2008 - 2011 High Disadvantage Average disadvantage Economic
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