AIHW - Specialist Homelessness Services Collection - Clients by Age and Sex (LGA) 2014-2019

This dataset presents the number of distinct specialist homeless services clients by client type, sex and age group. The client counts are based on the location where the client resided in the week before their first support period in the financial year. Each client contributes only once, even if they had multiple support periods during the financial year. The data spans the financial years of 2014-15 to 2018-19 and is aggregated to 2018 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Local Government Areas (LGA).\n\nThe Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC) data accompanies the [Specialist Homelessness Services Annual Report 2018-19](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shs-annual-report-18-19/contents/summary).\n\nFor further information about this dataset, visit the [Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - SHSC Data Cubes User Guide](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/shsc-data-cubes-user-guide).\n\nNotes:\n\n * Caution should be used when comparing data for 2017-18 onwards with data for 2014-15 to 2016-17 in sub-state data cubes. Data for 2011-12 to 2016-17 at the state, territory and national levels are weighted to account for agency non-response and invalid statistical linkage keys (SLK), and have been rounded to the nearest integer. Due to improvements in agency response and rates of SLK validity, data from 2017–18 are no longer weighted. The removal of weighting does not constitute a break in time series, and these data are directly comparable with weighted counts for earlier years. As the weighting method is not suitable for sub-state units, the data in the sub-state cubes are not weighted.\n\n * Clients are considered to be homeless if they are living in any of the following circumstances: No shelter or improvised dwelling, Short-term temporary accommodation, House, townhouse or flat (couch surfing or with no tenure).\n\n * Clients are considered to be at risk of homelessness if they are living in any of the following circumstances: Public or community housing (renter or rent free), Private or other housing (renter, rent-free or owner), Institutional settings.\n\n AURIN has spatially enabled the [original data](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/specialist-homelessness-services-collection-shsc-data-cubes) and has set suppressed values (".") as Null.

本数据集按服务对象类别、性别及年龄分组，统计了专科无家可归服务的独立服务对象人数。服务对象计数以该服务对象在本财年首次接受帮扶时段前一周的居住地点为准。无论服务对象在本财年内接受过多次帮扶时段，每位服务对象仅被统计一次。本数据集涵盖2014-15至2018-19财年的数据，并按2018年澳大利亚统计地理标准（Australian Statistical Geography Standard, ASGS）的地方政府区域（Local Government Areas, LGA）进行聚合。

专科无家可归服务收集（Specialist Homelessness Services Collection, SHSC）数据配套发布于《2018-19专科无家可归服务年度报告》，相关链接：https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shs-annual-report-18-19/contents/summary。

如需了解本数据集的更多信息，请查阅《澳大利亚卫生与福利研究所（Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, AIHW）——SHSC数据立方体用户指南》，链接：https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/shsc-data-cubes-user-guide。

备注：
■ 在州以下层级的数据立方体中，对比2017-18财年及以后的数据与2014-15至2016-17财年的数据时，需谨慎处理。2011-12至2016-17财年的州、领地及国家级数据，已针对机构无响应与无效统计关联键（Statistical Linkage Keys, SLK）进行加权处理，并已四舍五入至最接近的整数。由于机构响应率与SLK有效性均已提升，2017-18财年及以后的数据不再进行加权。移除加权操作并未造成时间序列的断裂，此类数据可与早期年份的加权计数直接对比。鉴于加权方法不适用于州以下层级的统计单元，州以下层级数据立方体中的数据均未进行加权处理。
■ 服务对象符合以下任一居住情形的，将被认定为无家可归者：无住所或临时搭建居所、短期临时住宿场所、住宅、联排别墅或公寓（指沙发留宿或无合法居住权）。
■ 服务对象符合以下任一居住情形的，将被认定为存在无家可归风险者：公共住房或社区住房（租客或免租居住）、私人住房或其他住房（租客、免租居住或自有住房）、机构场所。

澳大利亚城市与区域研究信息网络（Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network, AURIN）已对原始数据（https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/specialist-homelessness-services-collection-shsc-data-cubes）进行空间启用处理，并将被屏蔽的数值(".")设置为空值（Null）。