4240.0 - Experimental Estimates of Preschool Education, Australia, 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/07/2012   
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Worker record level
Worker record level data contain confidentialised data for each individual worker at each service provider within the data set. Data at the worker record level include: educational qualifications; role and type of work activity; and information on whether the worker was employed by a provider offering a preschool program.

Note that it is possible for a single worker to be employed across multiple service providers. Worker level data do not include a unique identifier, and as a consequence, data can only be output as a count of episodes of workers. For more information on the concept of an ‘episode’ please see the Glossary.

Workers were included in publication tables if they:

    · were employed (and paid) by the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) service provider;
    · spent the majority of their time in contact with children in the preschool program during the reference period (i.e. primary and other contact workers);
    · had a main role of either;
        o Principal / director / coordinator / teacher-in-charge;
        o Group leader / teacher;
        o Assistant / aide; and
        o Other contact worker.

Note: a Worker includes, but is not limited to, Teachers as defined for the Early Childhood and Care Collection.

Data collected about Workers
Worker data are further classified by:
    · Paid employment indicator;
    · Type of work activity;
    · Role of early childhood education and care worker;
    · Field of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care;
    · Level of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care;
    · Preschool program delivered by a teacher indicator; and
    · Hours worked in preschool program delivery.

Where these data have been made available to the ABS, the ABS is continuing to assess the data for comparability and appropriateness for dissemination. The ABS will assess requests for this data on a case-by-case basis.

General Acknowledgements
This publication draws extensively on information provided by the Australian Government and state and territory governments. Their continued cooperation enables the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to publish a wide range of education statistics. Information received by the ABS is treated in strict confidence as required by the Census and Statistics Act 1905.

For more information about the source data and data quality, please see About this Release.