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# Title Description
913 Age code Age calculated at 31 December in the year prior to the reference year
919 State of permanent home location code A code indicating the State in which the student's permanent home residence is located
920 State of term/semester location code A code indicating the State in which the student's term/semester residence is located, as most recently advised prior to the reference date
922 Commencing student indicator A code indicating that the student is a commencing student
929 Number of students An unduplicated count of the number of students
931 Aggregated EFTSL The total ETFSL value for the reference year, aggregated from a number of students' records
940 Indigenous indicator Identifies whether or not the student/applicant identifies herself or himself as being of Indigenous descent
941 NESB indicator A domestic student/applicant who arrived in Australia less than 10 years prior to the year in which the data was collected, and who comes from a home where a language other than English is spoken
942 Citizenship indicator Indicates whether a student’s/applicant’s citizenship or residence status is domestic or overseas
943 Disability indicator Identifies whether student/applicant responded that she/he has a disability, impairment or long term medical condition
944 Low SES indicator An indicator of the socio-economic background of a student
945 Onshore indicator Indicates whether the student is located Onshore or Offshore
946 Number of Regional and Remote students An indicator of the geographic region of a student's home postcode
947 Student liability status count A count of the number of students within a liability status
948 Number of students within a liability status category An unduplicated count of the number of students within a liability status category
996 State/Territory of institution code A code which uniquely identifies the State/Territory or other area in which the institution is located
997 Participation Age code Age calculated at 30 June the reference year