Person—relationship to reference person (household), code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Relationship to reference person |
| METEOR identifier: | 270248 |
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| Definition: | The familial and non-familial relationship of each person in a given household to the reference person in that same household, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—relationship to reference person (household) |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Only the usual residents of the household are included. CODE 1 Reference person May be referred to as person 1, main tenant or tenant 1, principal tenant, household head on application or tenancy forms, or where the dwelling is being purchased, referred to as the mortgagee. Person must be aged 16 or over. CODE 2 Spouse/partner Include defacto, wife, husband and partner of the reference person/tenant. CODES 3 and 4 Son/daughter Include the son(s) or daughter(s) (or step son(s)/daughter(s)) of the reference person and/or spouse. CODES 5 and 6 Resident Include relatives other than son(s)/daughter(s) (step son(s)/daughter(s)), non-related carer, other non-related and non-family member(s). | ||||||||||||||
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| Collection methods: | Collecting this data is quite complex, due to inter-relationships that may exist in a household. Refer to ABS: Directory of concepts and standards for social, labour and demographic statistics, 1995 for standard questions and approach to collecting data on this metadata item. This metadata item is used to derive tenancy composition for public rental housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing. | ||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | National Housing Data Development Committee | ||||||||||||||
| Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics. Standards for statistics on the Family (Cat. No. 1286.0). Australian Bureau of Statistics 1995. Directory of concepts and standards for social, labour and demographic statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics 1996. Census Dictionary (Cat. no. 2901.0). CSHA Public housing and state/territory owned and managed Indigenous housing NMDS User Guide 2001-02. | ||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—relationship to household reference person, code N
Is re-engineered from  Relationship to reference person, version 2, DE, NHADD, NHDAMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.8 KB) No registration status | ||||||||||||||
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 | ||||||||||||||