Table of contents

  • Preliminary material (34K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of appendix tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes
    • Preface
    • Summary
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
  • Chapters
    1. Overview (83K PDF)
      • Service recipient data
      • Service data
    2. Introduction (19K PDF)
      • CSDA MDS collections
      • How the collection was conducted
      • Scope and limitations of the collection
    3. Service recipient data (618K PDF)
      • Disability type
      • Country of birth
      • Indigenous origin
      • Communication
      • Frequency and area of support
      • Income source
      • Accommodation
      • State distribution
    4. Service data (70K PDF)
      • State distribution
      • Service income from governments
      • Auspice
      • Operating periods
      • Staff hours
    5. Performance indicators (69K PDF)
      • Recent developments
      • 'Potential population'
      • National performance indicators of effectiveness
    6. Uses, data quality and future of the collection (32K PDF)
      • Collection uses
      • Response rates and data quality
      • Ongoing data development
      • Data quality and future collections
  • End matter (101K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: List of papers and publications on the CSDA MDS collections
      • Appendix 2: Framework of performance indicators for disability services
      • Appendix 3: Key changes and proposed changes to the CSDA MDS collections 1994-1997
      • Appendix 4: Method for calculating the 'potential population' denominator data used for national performance indicators for disability support services
      • Appendix 5: Detailed tables
    • References