Persons attending school | Preschool education, Primary education and Secondary education, tables 1.1-1.6 | Census 2001-2016 | Type of educational institution attending | Denominator includes all levels of educational institutions attending, including not stated and not applicable. |
Whether missed days at school last week | Preschool education, Primary education and Secondary education, tables 2.1-2.2 | NATSISS 2008, 2014-15 | Whether child missed days at school in last week | Denominator includes ‘not stated’ whether missed days at school in last week |
| Year child currently attending at school [preschool, primary school (kindergarten/prep to year 6), secondary school (year 7 to year 10)] |
How well school advised of child's progress | Preschool education, Primary education and Secondary education, tables 3.1-3.2 | NATSISS 2008, 2014-15 | How well school advised of child’s progress | Denominator includes ‘not known’ how well school advised of child’s progress |
| Year child currently attending at school [preschool, primary school (kindergarten/prep to year 6), secondary school (year 7 to year 10)] |
Whether culture is being taught at school | Preschool education – table 4.1 | NATSISS 2014-15 | Whether culture being taught to child at school | N/A |
| Primary education and Secondary education – tables 4.1-4.2 | Year child currently attending at school [preschool, primary school (kindergarten/prep to year 6), secondary school (year 7 to year 10)] |
Highest year of school completed | Secondary education – tables 5.1-5.2 (Survey), tables 6.1-6.6 (Census) | NATSISS 2008 and 2014-15, NATSIHS 2012-13 and 2018-19, Census 2001-2016 | Highest year of school completed | Denominator for surveys include ‘never attended school’ for Highest year of school completed. |
| Age (20+) | Denominator for census includes ‘did not go to school’ and excludes ‘not stated’. |
Types of assistance that would help students complete year 12 | Secondary education – table 7.1 | NATSISS 2014-15 | Types of assistance that would help child in secondary school complete year 12 | Excludes those that do not usually attend school or are not currently attending secondary school. |
| Types of assistance that would help adult aged 15-19 years complete year 12 | Excludes those that are not currently studying full-time at secondary school |
Non-school education attendance | Non-school education – tables 1.1-1.6 (Census), table 2.1 (Survey) | Census 2001-2016 | Type of educational institution attending | Student status excludes those not attending an institution and where the institution or the student status was not stated. |
| Full-time/part-time student status |
| NATSISS 2008 and 2014-15, NATSIHS 2012-13 and 2018-19 | Type of educational institution attending | Type of educational institution ‘Other’ includes Business college, Industry skills centre and Other. |
| Whether currently studying full-time or part-time | Whether studying full-time or part-time excludes those not studying. |
| Level of current non-school qualification | Level of current non-school qualification excludes those at secondary school only and whose level was not determined. |
Level of highest non-school qualification | Non-school education – tables 3.1-3.2 | Census 2001-2016 | Non-school qualification: level of education | Excludes level of education inadequately described and not stated and includes not applicable (those without a non-school qualification). |
| Type of educational institution attending | Excludes those currently studying at secondary school (Type of educational institution attending) |
| Age (20+) |
Whether has a non-school qualification at certificate III or above, 25-34 years (Census specifications are comparable with Closing the Gap Target) | Non-school Education – tables 4.1-4.6 (Census), tables 5.1-5.2 (Survey) | Census 2001-2016, NATSISS 2008 and 2014-15, NATSIHS 2012-13 and 2018-19 | Level of highest educational attainment | Census- People whose highest level of educational attainment was inadequately described or not stated were excluded from both the numerator and denominator. In Census 2001-2011 a recode of Non-school qualification: level of education and Highest level of schooling completed is used to replicate the Level of highest educational attainment coding. These recodes exclude certificate level, nfd. Denominator excludes those whose level of highest educational attainment could not be determined. |
| Age (25-34 years) | Survey – ‘Does not have a non-school qualification at certificate III or above’ includes certificate not further defined and those who never attended school and have no non-school qualifications. Denominator excludes those whose level of highest educational attainment could not be determined. |
Whether attained year 12 or equivalent or certificate II or above | Highest educational attainment and intentions to study – tables 1.1-1.2 | Census 2001-2016 | Non-school qualification: level of education | People who had not attained a school qualification of year 12 or equivalent, and whose highest level of non-school qualification was determined to be certificate level but was not able to be further defined, were assumed to have attained below certificate level II and were therefore excluded from the numerator. |
| Highest year of school completed | People who did not state if they had a non-school qualification (or whose level of education was inadequately described) and had not completed a school qualification of year 12 or equivalent, are excluded from the calculation (numerator and denominator). People who did not state their highest year of school completed and did not have a qualification at certificate II level or above are also excluded. | |
| Age (20+) |
Whether attained year 12 or equivalent or certificate III or above (Specifications are comparable with Closing the Gap target for 20-24 year age group ) | Highest educational attainment and intentions to study – tables 2.1-2.6 (Census), tables 3.1-3.2 (Survey) | Census 2001-2016 | Non-school qualification: level of education/Level of highest non-school qualification | People who had not attained a school qualification of year 12 or equivalent, and whose highest level of non-school qualification was determined to be certificate level but was not able to be further defined, were assumed to have attained below certificate level III and were therefore excluded from the numerator. |
| Highest year of school completed | People who did not state if they had a non-school qualification (or whose level of education was inadequately described) and had not completed a school qualification of year 12 or equivalent, are excluded from the calculation (numerator and denominator). People who did not state their highest year of school completed and did not have a qualification at certificate III level or above are also excluded. |
| Age (20+) |
Educational aspirations | Highest educational attainment and intentions to study – tables 4.1-4.2 | NATSISS 2008, 2014-15 | Whether wanted to study for an educational qualification in the last 12 months | Excludes those currently studying. Denominator for Whether has future educational intentions includes ‘intentions to study are unknown. |
| Whether has future educational intentions |
| Level of current study (not enrolled) |
| Age (20+) |
Whether culture taught at school | Highest educational attainment and intentions to study – tables 5.1-5.2 | NATSISS 2014-15 | Whether taught Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander culture at school or as part of further study | Excludes those who never attended school or undertook further studies |
| Age (20+) |