AEDC - Communication Skills and General Knowledge (SA2 Modified) 2009-2018

This dataset contains information from the 'Communication skills and general knowledge' domain of the Australian Early Development Censuses (AEDC) from 2009 - 2018. The data is based on modified 2016 Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2) boundaries.

The AEDC is a population-based measure of children's development as they enter their first year of full-time school, and takes place nationally every three years. It looks at five domains of early childhood development: physical health and wellbeing (plus three health sub-domains), social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills, and communication skills and general knowledge.

For more information visit the AEDC website: http://www.aedc.gov.au.

Please note suppression of AEDC data occurs when one or more of the following have been met:

• Three or fewer children had been assessed
• Fewer than fifteen children had valid AEDC scores
• Less than two teachers had completed AEDC instruments for children in that location
• AEDC instruments were completed for less than 80% of all non special needs children

Additional minor suppression's have occurred where necessary to preserve confidentiality of related suppressed cells.

Please Note:

• AURIN has spatially enabled the original data: https://www.aedc.gov.au/data/downloads.
• Some AEDC results were captured across two SA2 regions, AURIN has created a custom geometry combining the relevant SA2 boundaries for these results.