Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Preface
    • Executive summary
    • Outline of the report
    • Recommendations
  • Body section
  • 1 Description of project
    • CP Census
    • ABS Child Care Survey
    • South Australian data collection
    • Victorian data collection
    • Other data collections
    • Structure of the report
  • 2 Identification of organisational units
    • 2.1 Proposed definitions
  • 3 Scope of collections
    • 3.1 Population of service providers included
    • 3.2 Child population included
    • 3.3 Worker population included
  • 4 Definitions: service types and school
    • 4.1 Formal services and informal care
    • 4.2 School
    • 4.3 Preschool
    • 4.4 Long day care
    • 4.5 Long day care centres
    • 4.6 Family day care services
    • 4.7 Occasional care services
    • 4.8 Outside school hours care services (before/after school care and vacation care)
    • 4.9 Other service types
  • 5 Data items: population-based characteristics
    • 5.1 Age of child
    • 5.2 Age of worker
    • 5.3 Sex of child
    • 5.4 Sex of worker
    • 5.5 Children/parents with a disability
    • 5.6 Child referred because at risk of abuse and neglect
    • 5.7 Child's Indigenous status
    • 5.8 Worker's Indigenous status
    • 5.9 Child's cultural background
    • 5.10 Worker's cultural background
    • 5.11 Family type
    • 5.12 Parent's labour force status
    • 5.13 Family Income
    • 5.14 Geographic location: service provider and child
  • 6 Data items: other characteristics of children and families
    • 6.1 Child's school attendance
    • 6.2 Child's use of other children's services
    • 6.3 Receipt of fee relief
    • 6.4 Time spent in care/attendance
  • 7 Data items: other characteristics of workers
    • 7.1 Employment status
    • 7.2 Type of work performed/job description
    • 7.3 Hours worked
    • 7.4 Qualifications
    • 7.5 In-service training
  • 8 Data items: characteristics of service providers
    • 8.1 Availability of service (time)
    • 8.2 Number of places/places by age
    • 8.3 Utilisation/vacancies
    • 8.4 Sponsor
    • 8.5 Type of service delivery setting
    • 8.6 Linkages with other service types
    • 8.7 Fees charged
  • End matter
    • Abbreviations
    • References