Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Proficiency in spoken English |
METEOR identifier: | 270203 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 [Non Dictionary] Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
Definition: | A person's self-assessed level of ability to speak English, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—proficiency in spoken English |
Value Domain: | Proficiency in spoken English code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Reference documents: | Standards for Statistics on Cultural and Language Diversity 1999. Cat. no. 1289.0. Canberra: ABS. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | This metadata item is only intended to be collected if a person has a main language other than English spoken at home; and/or first language spoken is not English. Recommended question: How well do you speak English? (tick one) 1. Very well 2. Well 3. Not well 4. Not at all Generally this would be a self-reported question, but in some circumstances (particularly where a person does not speak English well) assistance will be required in answering this question. It is important that the person's self-assessed proficiency in spoken English be recorded wherever possible. This metadata item does not purport to be a technical assessment of proficiency but is a self-assessment in the four broad categories outlined above. This metadata item is not relevant to and should not be collected for persons under the age of five years. While agencies are encouraged to use the recommended question described above, it is acknowledged that this is not always possible in practice. For example, where the data collection is a by-product of the provision of a health or community service, the information may be ascertained using different means. However, this standard should be used wherever practically possible. |
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Comments: | This metadata item identifies those people who may suffer disadvantage in terms of their ability to access services due to lack of ability in the spoken English language. This information can be used to target the provision of services to people whose lack of ability in spoken English is potentially a barrier to gaining access to government programs and services. In conjunction with Indigenous status, the main language other than English spoken at home and the country of birth, this metadata item forms the minimum core set of cultural and language indicators recommended by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | National Health Data Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Recorded 19/06/2024 Is re-engineered from Proficiency in spoken English, version 2, DE, Int. NCSDD & NHDD, NCSIMG & NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (18.6 KB) No registration status See also Person—country of birth, code (SACC 1998) NNNN Community Services (retired), Superseded 02/06/2008 Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2008 See also Person—first language spoken, code (ASCL 2005) NN{NN} Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/10/2011 Health, Superseded 13/10/2011 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/05/2013 See also Person—first language spoken, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN} Community Services (retired), Standard 13/10/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 13/10/2011 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 See also Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2005) NN{NN} Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/10/2011 Health, Superseded 13/10/2011 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/05/2013 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Cultural and language diversity cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Disaggregation
National Disability Agreement: a(1)- Proportion of people with disability who are in the labour force, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 National Disability Agreement: a(1)-Labour force participation rate for people with disability aged 15-64 years, 2012 Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013 National Disability Agreement: a(2)- Proportion of people with disability who are employed, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 National Disability Agreement: a(2)-Labour force participation rate for people with disability aged 15-64 years, 2012 Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013 National Disability Agreement: b(1)-Proportion of people with disability who had face-to-face contact with ex-household family or friends in the previous week, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 National Disability Agreement: b(1)-Proportion of people with disability who participate in social and community activities, 2012 Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013 National Disability Agreement: b(2)-Proportion of people with disability who participate in social and community activities, 2012 Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013 National Disability Agreement: b(2)-Proportion of people with disability who travelled to a social activity in the last two weeks, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |