Best Start Indicator Data

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Best Start Indicator Data

• Joyce Cleary
• Senior Program Analyst
• Statewide Outcomes for Children

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Population overview
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Measuring Disadvantage

• IRSED (Index of Relative Socio-Economic
  Disadvantage is produced by the ABS as part of
  the SEIFA (Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas) and
  is derived from Census attributes.
• A lower IRSED score means a more disadvantaged
  area

IRSED score for Elsewhere and Victoria

• City of Elsewhere was more disadvantaged than
  the State average

• City of Elsewhere was ranked 9 out of 78 LGAs,
  where a rank of 1 was assigned to the most
  disadvantaged LGA

Source Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003,
Census of Population and Housing Socio-Economic
Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia, ABS data
available on request
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Disadvantaged Populations within LGAs
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Family type, for families with children aged 0 to
8 years in City of Elsewhere and Victoria
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Median weekly income, for families with children
aged 0 to 8 years in City of Elsewhere and
Victoria
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Family employment for families with children aged
0 to 8 years in City of Elsewhere and Victoria
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Family education for families with children aged
0 to 8 years in City of Elsewhere and Victoria
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Percentage of infants fully breastfed at 3 months
and 6 months in City of Elsewhere

• In 2004-05 the Statewide percentage of infants
  fully breastfed at 3 months was 48.5 - Elsewhere
  ranked 62
• In 2004-05 the Statewide percentage of infants
  fully breastfed at 6 months was 37.0 - Elsewhere
  ranked 67

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Percentage of children seen by MCH at Home Visit
and 3½ year consultation in Elsewhere

• In 2004-05 the Statewide percentage seen at
  home consultation was 97.1 - Elsewhere ranked
  69
• In 2004-05 the Statewide percentage seen at 3½
  year visit was 55.7 - Elsewhere ranked 53

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Percentage of children fully immunised at each
age in Elsewhere

• In 2004-05 91.4 fully immunised at 12-15 mths
  Statewide - Elsewhere ranked 49
• In 2004-05 92.7 fully immunised at 24-27 mths
  Statewide - Elsewhere ranked 54
• In 2004-05 85.8 fully immunised at 72-75 mths
  Statewide - Elsewhere ranked 45

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Average absence days for children in Government
schools, Prep to Yr 2, in Elsewhere

• In 2004 Statewide average absences in Prep was
  13.2 - Elsewhere ranked 30 (rank for 2005)
• In 2004 Statewide average absences in Yr 1 was
  12.6 - Elsewhere ranked 58 (rank for 2005)
• In 2004 Statewide average absences in Yr 2 was
  12.2 - Elsewhere ranked 46 (rank for 2005)

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Percentage of children meeting reading benchmarks
in Government schools

• In 2005 Statewide percentage meeting benchmark
  in Prep was 79.7 - Elsewhere ranked 63
• In 2005 Statewide percentage meeting benchmark
  in Yr 1 was 86.3 - Elsewhere ranked 56
• In 2005 Statewide percentage meeting benchmark
  in Yr 2 was 94.8 - Elsewhere ranked 68

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Percentage of child protection renotification in
children aged 0 to 8 in Elsewhere
Elsewhere was ranked 25 out of all LGAs based on
2004-05
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Rate of hospital separations for asthma per 1000
children aged 0 to 8 in Elsewhere
Elsewhere was ranked 14 out of 70 LGAs based on
2004-05
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Rate of hospital separations for gastro per 1000
infants aged 0 to 1 in Elsewhere
Elsewhere was ranked 14 out of 47 LGAs based on
2004-05
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Public housing retention rate (12mths post
allocation) for families with children aged 0 to
8 in Elsewhere
Elsewhere was ranked 34 out of 59 LGAs based on
2004-05
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Data Issues

• More indicators will be available from the Local
  Level Survey
• Doesnt capture variation within LGA
• Prompts the why? questions

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Next Steps

• Identify strengths
• Identify areas in need of attention
• Mapping of community infrastructure and resources
• Consultation with the local community
• Using the Evidence Based Catalogue
• Following the Best Start Action Plan!