Table of contents

  • Preliminary material (171K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of appendix tables
    • List of figures and boxes
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
  • Sections
    1. Summary (Sections 1-3: 252K PDF)
    2. Introduction
      • Brief history of the CSTDA NMDS
      • Collection method and data included
      • Scope of the CSTDA NMDS
      • Counts and definitions
      • Outputs from CSTDA NMDS collections
      • Data quality
    3. Service users: characteristics and service use
      • State distribution and service type
      • Age, sex and disability group
      • Indigenous status
      • Country of birth
      • Communication method and need for an interpreter
      • Income and labour force status 1
      • Individualised funding
      • Location of service users
    4. Informal carers, support needs and living arrangements (Sections 4-7: 319K PDF)
      • Presence of an informal carer
      • Carer age and relationship to service user
      • Carer primary status and co-residency
      • Support needs
      • Living arrangements and residential setting
    5. Service outlets
      • Agency sector
      • State distribution and service type
      • Period of operation
    6. Service usage
      • Starting and exiting services
      • Measures of service quantity
      • Multiple service usage
    7. Data quality
      • Service type outlet response rates
      • Service user response rate
      • 'Not stated' and 'not known' rates
  • End matter (346K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Detailed tables
      • Appendix 2: CSTDA NMDS 2003-04 collection forms
        • CSTDA NMDS Service type outlet form 2003-2004 (115K PDF)
        • CSTDA NMDS Service user form 2003-2004 (153K PDF)
      • Appendix 3: Using the statistical linkage key
      • Appendix 4: Service type classification (definitions)
      • Appendix 5: English Proficiency groupings
    • References