Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269618 |
| Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014 Youth Justice, Qualified 22/12/2022 |
| Definition: | Indigenous Status is a measure of whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. This is in accord with the first two of three components of the Commonwealth definition. |
| Context: | Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples occupy a unique place in Australian society and culture. In the current climate of reconciliation, accurate and consistent statistics about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are needed in order to plan, promote and deliver essential services, to monitor changes in wellbeing and to account for government expenditure in this area. The purpose of this metadata item is to provide information about people who identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. Agencies or establishments wishing to determine the eligibility of individuals for particular benefits, services or rights will need to make their own judgments about the suitability of the standard measure for these purposes, having regard to the specific eligibility criteria for the program concerned. |
Person—Indigenous status
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Person |
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| Definition: | A human being. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | Prior to 13 March 2018, the definition of the ‘Person’ Object class was ‘A human being, whether man, woman or child’. From 13 March 2018, the definition was edited by removing the words ‘…whether man, woman or child’ so that a person is defined as ‘A human being’. This amendment was undertaken to align the definition of a person with the Australian Government Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Standard for Sex and Gender Variables, which recognise that there are sex and gender types that are not exclusively male or female. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Macquarie University 2003. The Macquarie Dictionary 3rd ed. Sydney: The Macquarie Library Pty. Ltd |
| Reference documents: | Attorney-General's Department 2015. Australian Government Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender. Viewed 26 July 2016, https://www.ag.gov.au/Publications/Pages/ ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2016. Standard for Sex and Gender Variables, 2016. ABS Cat. no. 1200.0.55.012. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 26 July 2016, http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/ |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Indigenous status |
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| Definition: | An indicator of identification as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. |
| Property group: | Demographic/social/cultural characteristics |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Data element concept attributes
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Relational attributes
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—Indigenous status Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Disability, Standard 29/02/2016 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Standard 19/11/2015 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 Has been superseded by Person—partner's Indigenous status Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 |
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| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Person—Indigenous status, code AAA WA Health, Standard 01/06/2017 Person—Indigenous status, code AAA WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Person—Indigenous status, code N Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Person—Indigenous status, code N Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/03/2023 Person—Indigenous status, code N Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/03/2023 |