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ESTIMATION CONCEPTS 4.4: EPISODES OF A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IN 2012
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. 4.5: Children in a Preschool Program in 2012
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. 4.6: Children in a Preschool Program in the Year Before Full-time Schooling (YBFS)
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. 4.7: Worker – Education Field and Role of Worker
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