4240.0.55.002 - National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection: Data Collection Guide, 2013  
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STATISTICAL LINKAGE KEY

ABS short name: TCH_LNK_RECKEY
ABS Template reference (Worker): Column K
METeOR Technical name: Record - linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYN
METeOR identifier: 349895
METeOR link: <http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/349895>
METeOR definition: A key that enables two or more records belonging to the same individual to be brought together. It is represented by a code consisting of the second, third and fifth characters of a person's family name, the second and third letters of the person’s given name, the day, month and year when the person was born and the sex of the person, concatenated in that order.

Scope

Inclusions: For all in-scope workers at an early childhood education and care service provider (see Chapter 1, Collection Specifications), include in the following order:

  • the second, third and fifth letters of the person’s family name
  • the second and third letters of the person's given name
  • the day, month and year of birth of the person, concatenated in that order to form the person's date of birth
  • the sex of the person.

Exclusions:
  • Workers not in-scope of the ECEC Collection.
  • Exclude the following components:
    • the first, fourth, sixth, and any subsequent letters of the person's family name
    • the first, fourth, and subsequent characters of the person's given name
    • hyphens, apostrophes or spaces which may form part of a person's family name or given name.

Underlying Concepts

Concept: Statistical Linkage Key 581.
Nominal definition: Consistent with METeOR definition.
Operational definition: Consistent with METeOR definition.
Supporting data elements: The following data elements are used to develop the statistical linkage key:

Conceptual issues:

The statistical linkage key enables a high level of accuracy for calculating the total number of workers, without counting the same worker more than once. The intention of this data element is to create a unique key for each worker. However, in practice it is possible that the derived SLK for one worker may coincidentally match to the derived SLK of another worker.

Standard Jurisdictional Output Categories

Representation class: Code
Data type: String
Format: XXXXXDDMMYYYYN, for example MIHIC021119832
Maximum character length: 14




2.3.0 LEGAL VALUE CHECKS

Edit specificationsEdit resolution
1. If field is blank.Provide a valid SLK if possible.
2.If SLK is not equal to format XXXXXDDMMYYYY.Provide a valid SLK according to definition and counting rules.
3.If character length is greater than 14.Provide a valid SLK.

Guide for Use

Counting rules:
  • Ensure that each associated data element is collected using the appropriate collection instructions. Refer to the individual data element summaries for further information:

Other Information

Related aggregate data elements: No related aggregate data element.



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