The Integrated Data Analytics section provides high quality, policy relevant and responsive integrated data analyses to support a broad range of policy areas.
The team also leads the department's contribution to the Person‑Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) and other whole-of-government integrated data initiatives.
Integrated Data Research
The department undertakes research projects to improve the well-being of Australians using:
- Integrated and longitudinal data, particularly through the Person-Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA)
- Cross-portfolio engagement
- Academic collaborations
Completed projects
These include:
- Benefits of Educational Attainment
- Better understanding student journeys
- Transitions from Education to Work – Completing Higher Education
- Transitions from Education to Work – Graduate Apprenticeship Outcomes
- Transitions from Education to Work - The value of completing a bachelor degree
- Education and child care workforce
A number of these projects were funded by the Data Integration Partnership for Australia.
Current projects
The team is currently working on projects listed below.
Education, Skills and Employment National Data Asset (ESENDA)
Provides an evidence-base to support Australia’s economic prosperity and social wellbeing by identifying opportunities to drive better outcomes for people, through education, skills and employment pathways
The First Five Years: What makes a difference?
- Identifies policy levers across early childhood education, health and welfare for improving children’s start to life
- Aims to understand the effects of health and socio-economic factors that drive developmental vulnerability in children starting school
- Identifies particular interventions or protective factors that can improve these outcomes
