PIRLS 2016 AUSTRALIAN YEAR 4 DATA

The PIRLS data are complex and require particular procedures for merging, weighting etc. 
Therefore, it is highly recommended that you obtain a copy of the supporting documentation for the International Database
in order to get the most out of the data. The supporting documentation is available at:
http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/PIRLS2016/international-database/

The data contained in the files accompanying this file are the Australian data.  
For the most part these data are the same as that contained in Australian files within the International Database. 
However these data files also contain some extra national variables and, where applicable, national options for items have 
been detailed in the variable and/or value labels.
 
The information below details the national variables not available in the international versions of the Australian data, 
but made available in these files, as well as those international items that have national options or country-specific terminology.

PLEASE NOTE: For ease of use the following international terms have been modified to the Australian context wherever they occur:
<LANGUAGE OF TEST> - ENGLISH
<FOURTH GRADE> - YEAR 4 (similarly <FIRST GRADE> becomes Year 1 etc.)


****---ACGAUSR4: School background data.

NATIONAL ITEM 
ACNG05A
Question:
A: How many people live in the city, town, or area where your school is located?
1 = More than 500,000 people 
2 = 100,001 to 500,000 people
3 = 50,001 to 100,000 people 
4 = 30,001 to 50,000 people  
5 = 15,001 to 30,000 people  
6 = 3,001 to 15,000 people   
7 = 3,000 people or fewer 
8 = Fewer than 1,000 people   

INTERNATIONAL ITEM BASED ON A NATIONAL ITEM
ACBG05A
Question:
A: How many people live in the city, town, or area where your school is located?
1 = More than 500,000 people   
2 = 100,001 to 500,000 people  
3 = 50,001 to 100,000 people   
4 = 30,001 to 50,000 people    
5 = 15,001 to 30,000 people    
6 = 3,001 to 15,000 people     
7 = 3,000 people or fewer  
  
Variable Name	Documentation
ACBG05A 	National options recoded (from ACNG05A) for international comparability:
		1 = More than 500,000 people   
		2 = 100,001 to 500,000 people  
		3 = 50,001 to 100,000 people   
		4 = 30,001 to 50,000 people    
		5 = 15,001 to 30,000 people    
		6 = 3,001 to 15,000 people     
		7 = 1,001 to 3,000 people / Fewer than 1,000 people   


NATIONAL ITEM 
ACNG20
Question:
What is the highest level of formal education you have completed? 
1 = A TAFE or college diploma                     
2 = An undergraduate or bachelor's degree   
3 = A graduate or postgraduate diploma 
4 = A master's degree                       
5 = A PhD or doctorate

INTERNATIONAL ITEM BASED ON A NATIONAL ITEM WITH NATIONAL TERMINOLOGY 
ACBG20
Question:
What is the highest level of formal education you have completed?              
1 = Did not complete <Bachelor's or equivalent level—ISCED Level 6>
2 = <Bachelor's or equivalent level—ISCED Level 6>                 
3 = <Master's or equivalent level—ISCED Level 7>                   
4 = <Doctor or equivalent level—ISCED Level 8>              

Variable Name	Documentation
ACBG20 		National options recoded (from ACBG21) for international comparability:
		1 = A TAFE or college diploma                     
		2 = An undergraduate or bachelor's degree / A graduate or postgraduate diploma 
		3 = A master's degree 
		4 = A PhD or doctorate           


NATIONAL ITEMS
STATE
Applied from School Address
1 = ACT
2 = NSW
3 = VIC
4 = QLD
5 = SA
6 = WA
7 = TAS
8 = NT


GEOLOC
Geographic location of the school - Applied from School Address
1 = Metropolitan
2 = Provincial
3 = Remote


            
    

****----**** ASGAUSR4- Student Background data****.

NATIONAL ITEMS
STATE
Applied from School Address
1 = ACT
2 = NSW
3 = VIC
4 = QLD
5 = SA
6 = WA
7 = TAS
8 = NT


GEOLOC
Geographic location of the school - Applied from School Address
1 = Metropolitan
2 = Provincial
3 = Remote


ASXG03  INDIG
Indigenous Background - obtained from school records
0=Not Indigenous
1=Indigenous


*********ATGAUSR4- Teacher Background data********.

NATIONAL ITEM 
ATNG04
Question:
What is the highest level of formal education you have completed?
1 = A TAFE or college diploma
2 = An undergraduate or bachelor's degree
3 = A graduate or postgraduate diploma [NEW]
4 = A master's degree
5 = A PhD or doctorate

INTERNATIONAL ITEM BASED ON A NATIONAL ITEM WITH NATIONAL TERMINOLOGY
ATBG04
Question:
What is the highest level of formal education you have completed?
1 = Did not complete <Upper secondary education—ISCED Level 3>
2 = <Upper secondary education—ISCED Level 3> (If you have not completed <post-secondary or tertiary education>, go to #G6)
3 = <Post-secondary, non-tertiary education—ISCED Level 4>
4 = <Short-cycle tertiary education—ISCED Level 5>
5 = <Bachelor’s or equivalent level—ISCED Level 6>
6 = <Master’s or equivalent level—ISCED Level 7>
7 = <Doctor or equivalent level—ISCED Level 8>

Variable Name	Documentation
ATBG04		National options recoded (from ATNG04) for international comparability:
		1 = Did not complete <Upper secondary education—ISCED Level 3> [NOT ADMINSTERED IN AUSTRALIA]
		2 = <Upper secondary education—ISCED Level 3> [NOT ADMINSTERED IN AUSTRALIA]
		3 = <Post-secondary, non-tertiary education—ISCED Level 4> [NOT ADMINSTERED IN AUSTRALIA]
		4 = A TAFE or college diploma
		5 = An undergraduate or bachelor's degree / A graduate or postgraduate diploma 
		6 = A master's degree
		7 = A PhD or doctorate


*****************************----*************************

The PIRLS Home Questionnaire (also known as the Learning to Read Survey) is distributed to households of all students participating in PIRLS.  
For PIRLS 2016, the response rate for the survey was deemed too low for the data to be considered reliable or representative of the PIRLS students.  
For this reason, results of the survey were not included in the national report.  The data are made available here for research purposes, 
but without any information that would allow merging of this information with information from the student assessment, student questionnaire 
or teacher or school questionnaires.


**** ASHAUSR4- Home Background data****.

INTERNATIONAL ITEM WITH NATIONAL OPTIONS
ASBH04A-F
Question:
What language did your child speak before he/she began school?
A: <language of test>
B: <country-specific>
C: <country-specific>
D: <country-specific>
E: <country-specific>
F: Other
1 = Yes
2 = No

Please note: Extra Australian National Categories - ASNH04F(Mandarin) and ASNH04G(TEMPORARY OTHER)
ASBH04F = ASNH04F + ASNH04G
 
VARIABLE NAME 	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL OPTION
ASBH04A		ENGLISH
ASBH04B		ITALIAN
ASBH04C		GREEK
ASBH04D		CANTONESE
ASBH04E		ARABIC 
ASNH04F		Mandarin
ASNH04G		Other




INTERNATIONAL ITEM WITH NATIONAL OPTIONS
ASBH18A, ASBH18B
Question:
When talking at home with your child, what language does the child’s father (or stepfather or male
guardian) use most often? What language does the child’s mother (or stepmother or female guardian)
use most?
A: Child’s father
B: Child’s mother
A = <language of test>
B = <country-specific>
C = <country-specific>
D = <country-specific>
E = <country-specific>
F = Other
G = Not applicable

Please note: Extra Australian National Categories - ASNH18F(Mandarin) and ASNH18G(TEMPORARY OTHER)
ASBH18F = ASNH18F + ASNH18G

VARIABLE NAME 	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL OPTION
ASBH18A(A/B)	ENGLISH
ASBH18B(A/B)	ITALIAN
ASBH18C(A/B)	GREEK
ASBH18D(A/B)	CANTONESE
ASBH18E(A/B)	ARABIC 
ASNH18F(A/B)	Mandarin
ASNH18G(A/B)	Other                              
ASBH18G(A/B)    Not applicable (Parent not in household)



NATIONAL ITEM 
ASNH20A, ASNH20B
Question:
What is the highest level of education completed by the child’s father (or stepfather or male guardian)
and mother (or stepmother or female guardian)?
A: Child’s father
B: Child’s mother
1 = Did not go to school
2 = Some primary school                                                                     
3 = Some secondary school                                                                   
4 = Finished secondary school                                                               
5 = A TAFE training certificate, apprenticeship or traineeship                              
6 = A TAFE or college diploma (e.g. Diploma of Information Technology)                      
7 = An undergraduate degree (e.g. Bachelor of Arts)                                         
8 = A graduate or postgraduate diploma (e.g. Postgraduate Diploma of Education) 
9 = A master's degree, PhD or doctorate                                                     
10 = Not Applicable (not in household)

INTERNATIONAL ITEM BASED ON A NATIONAL ITEM WITH NATIONAL TERMINOLOGY
ASBH20A, ASBH20B
Question:
What is the highest level of education completed by the child’s father (or stepfather or male guardian)
and mother (or stepmother or female guardian)?
A: Child’s father
B: Child’s mother
1 = Did not go to school                                                             
2 = Some <Primary education—ISCED Level 1 or Lower secondary education—ISCED Level 2>
3 = <Lower secondary education—ISCED Level 2>                                        
4 = <Upper secondary education—ISCED Level 3>                                        
5 = <Post-secondary, non-tertiary education—ISCED Level 4>                           
6 = <Short-cycle tertiary education—ISCED Level 5>                                   
7 = <Bachelor’s or equivalent level—ISCED Level 6>                                   
8 = <Postgraduate degree: Master’s—ISCED Level 7 or Doctor—ISCED Level 8>            
9 = Not applicable                                                                   

Variable Name		Documentation
ASBH20A, ASBH20B 	National options recoded (from ASNH20A, ASNH20B) for international comparability:
			1 = Did not go to school
			2 = Some primary school                                                                     
			3 = Some secondary school                                                                   
			4 = Finished secondary school                                                               
			5 = A TAFE training certificate, apprenticeship or traineeship / A TAFE or college diploma (e.g. Diploma of Information Technology)                                
			6 = An undergraduate degree (e.g. Bachelor of Arts)                    
			7 = A graduate or postgraduate diploma (e.g. Postgraduate Diploma of Education)                                          
			8 = A master's degree, PhD or doctorate 
			9 = Not Applicable (not in household)                                                      
                                                    

NATIONAL ITEM 
ASNH21
Question:
How far in his/her education do you expect your child to go?
1 = Finish Year 10 
2 = Finish Year 12 
3 = Finish a TAFE training certificate, apprenticeship or traineeship. 
4 = Finish a TAFE or college diploma (e.g. Diploma of Information Technology) 
5 = Finish an undergraduate degree (e.g. Bachelor of Arts) 
6 = [new option] Finish a graduate or postgraduate diploma (e.g. Postgraduate Diploma of Education) 
7 = Finish a master's degree, PhD or doctorate

INTERNATIONAL ITEM BASED ON A NATIONAL ITEM WITH NATIONAL TERMINOLOGY
ASBH21
Question:
How far in his/her education do you expect your child to go?
1 = Finish <Lower secondary education—ISCED Level 2>                            
2 = Finish <Upper secondary education—ISCED Level 3>                            
3 = Finish <Post-secondary, non-tertiary education—ISCED Level 4>               
4 = Finish <Short-cycle tertiary education —ISCED Level 5>                      
5 = Finish <Bachelor’s or equivalent level—ISCED Level 6>                       
6 = Finish <Postgraduate degree: Master’s—ISCED Level 7 or Doctor—ISCED Level 8>

Variable Name	Documentation
ASBH21 		National options recoded (from ASNH21) for international comparability:
		1 = Finish Year 10 
		2 = Finish Year 12 
		3 = Finish a TAFE training certificate, apprenticeship or traineeship. 
		4 = Finish a TAFE or college diploma (e.g. Diploma of Information Technology) 
		5 = Finish an undergraduate degree (e.g. Bachelor of Arts) / Finish a graduate or postgraduate diploma (e.g. Postgraduate Diploma of Education) 
		6 = Finish a master's degree, PhD or doctorate