ESTIMATION CONCEPTS

The following discussion provides a reference to locate estimation concept tables. The estimation concept tables consist of 3 populations including episode, children in preschool and children in preschool in the YBFS.

More information on population concepts can be found in Chapter 3: Concepts and Definitions.

Episodes of a Preschool Program

Episodes of a preschool program population concept presents count of episode of 4 and 5 year old preschool children during the 2012 National ECEC Collection reference period. All jurisdictions, irrespective of whether data were provided at the child record level or at the service provider record level, were included in these tables. More information on Episodes of a preschool program can be found in Chapter 3: Concepts and Definitions.

Episodes of preschool program data were reported separately for enrolment and attendance. Within these two data items, additional tables were produced by various cross-classifications.

Table 4.4 identifies the location of population concepts of Episodes of a preschool program within the Preschool Education, Australia, 2012 (cat. no 4240.0) publication.

Population Concept	Output table number
Age, Sector type, State and Territory	2
Indigenous children, Age, Sector type, State and Territory	6
Age, Disadvantage index, State and Territory	10
Remoteness area, Sector type, State and Territory	15
Remoteness area, Indigenous children, Sector type, State and Territory	19
Weekly hours, Sector type, State and Territory	23
Remoteness area, Weekly hours, State and Territory	27
Hourly fees charged, Sector type, State and Territory	32
Remoteness area, Hourly fees, State and Territory	34

Children in a Preschool Program in 2012

The Children in a Preschool Program in 2012 population concept presents count of unique child of all 4- and 5-year old preschool children during the 2012 collection reference period. More information on Children in a preschool program can be found in Chapter 3: Concepts and Definitions.

To be included in these tables, data had to be of a quality that allowed accurate identification of unique child records to ensure that each child was counted once only in the collection year. This required child data collected with a unit record level (URL) data collection methodology. See ‘Identification of Unique Child Records’ within Chapter 3: Concepts and Definitions.

Numbers of children in a preschool program were reported separately for enrolment and attendance. Within these two data items, additional tables were produced by various cross-classifications for performance reporting under the National Partnership on ECEC.

Table 4.5 identifies the location of population concepts of Children in a preschool program within the Preschool Education, Australia, 2012 (cat. no 4240.0) publication.

Population Concept	Output table number
Sector type, State and Territory	3, 4
Indigenous children, Sector type, State and Territory	7, 8
Age, Disadvantage index, State and Territory	11
Disadvantage index, State and Territory	12
Age, Disadvantage index, State and Territory, Indigenous status	13
Remoteness area, Sector type, State and Territory	16, 17
Remoteness area, Indigenous children, Sector type, State and Territory	20, 21
Weekly hours, Sector type, State and Territory	24, 25
Weekly hours, State and Territory, Remoteness Area	28
Weekly hours, State and Territory, Indigenous, Remoteness Area	29
Hourly fees charged, Sector type, State and Territory	33
Hourly fees charged, State and Territory, Remoteness area	35

Children in a Preschool Program in the Year Before Full-time Schooling

The Children in a Preschool Program in the Year Before Full-time Schooling population concept presents unique child counts of 4 and 5 year old children who in 2012 were in the year before full-time schooling (grade 1 minus 2 years) for the first time. The 2012 YBFS cohort excludes 5 year old children who were reported as 4 year old YBFS children in 2011, i.e. those children who had been identified to be a preschool repeater. More information on Children in a preschool program in the YBFS can be found in Chapter 3: Concepts and Definitions.

To be included in these tables, URL methodology was used, and data had to be of a quality that allowed accurate identification of unique child records across multiple years to ensure that each child was counted once only in the totals. See ‘Identification of Unique Child Records in the YBFS’.

Counts of YBFS preschool children were reported separately for enrolment and attendance. Within these two data items, additional tables were produced by various cross-classifications for performance reporting under the National Partnership on ECEC.

Table 4.6 identifies the location of population concepts of Children in a preschool program in the YBFS within the Preschool Education, Australia, 2012 (cat. no 4240.0) publication.

Population Concept	Output table number
Sector type, State and Territory	5
Indigenous children, Sector type, State and Territory	9
Disadvantage index, State and Territory	14
Remoteness area, Sector type, State and Territory	18
Remoteness area, Indigenous children, Sector type, State and Territory	22
Weekly hours, Sector type, State and Territory	26
Remoteness area, Weekly hours, State and Territory	30, 31
Hourly fees charged, State and Territory, Remoteness Index	36

Episodes of Worker

Worker information is output in two tables within the Preschool Education, Australia, 2012 (cat. no 4240.0) publication. These tables have been created to distinguish two different populations. The base population for the first table is broader than the second table, and is used to define worker. See Chapter 3: Concepts and Definitions for the 2012 National ECEC Collection definition of worker. The second table includes further disaggregation by Role of Worker.

More information on worker data items can be found in the National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection: 2012 Data Collection Guide (cat. no 4240.0.55.002).

Table 4.7 identifies the location of worker tables within the Preschool Education, Australia, 2012 (cat. no 4240.0) publication.

Cross-classification Concept	Output table number
Episodes of workers, Principals, Group Leader and Teachers, Highest level of qualification, Education field	37
Episodes of workers, Highest level of qualification, Role of worker	38

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