Sex

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Property
METEOR identifier:	269231
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 11/05/2017 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 22/10/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/01/2018 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022
Definition:	The biological distinction between male and female.
Property group:	Demographic/social/cultural characteristics

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
Origin:	Australian Bureau of Statistics 1999. Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables Demographic Variables, Sex
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Sex Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 15/02/2022 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 21/03/2023 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022
Data Element Concepts implementing this property:	Person—sex Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 11/05/2017 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/01/2018 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 Person—sex (housing assistance) Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006

Property Attributes