Deficit framing explained Place Forecast Concept
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Place Forecast Feature
- Housing Suitability
- Country of Birth of Parents
- Homelessness
- Mortgage Affordability
- Children Ever Born
- Citizenship
- Marital Status
- Social Marital Status
- Family Blending
- Household Type
- Same-sex Couple Family
- Proficiency in English
- Tenure Type
- Landlord Type
- Number of Bedrooms
- Ancestry
- Rent Affordability
- Birthplace
- First Nations
- Language at Home
- Religion
- Year of Arrival
Place Forecast Concept
Deficit-framing is reading a category as a judgement about people, rather than as a count of answers.
A Census category counts how people answered a question. It does not measure worth, need, or ability. For example, a Not stated row means the question was left blank or could not be sorted. It is a fact about the form, not about the person.
A broad label works the same way. A label like culturally and linguistically diverse groups many different people together. It is not a measure of need.
Read each category as a count of responses. It is one part of a picture, not a full description of a person or a community.
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