Person—country of birth, code (SACC 1998) NNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Country of birth |
| METEOR identifier: | 270277 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 02/06/2008 Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2008 |
| Definition: | The country in which the person was born, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—country of birth |
| Value Domain: | Country code (SACC 1998) NNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Classification scheme: | Standard Australian Classification of Countries 1998 | |
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| Representation class: | Code | |
| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | NNNN | |
| Maximum character length: | 4 | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | The Standard Australian Classification of Countries 1998 (SACC) is a four-digit, three-level hierarchical structure specifying major group, minor group and country. A country, even if it comprises other discrete political entities such as states, is treated as a single unit for all data domain purposes. Parts of a political entity are not included in different groups. Thus, Hawaii is included in Northern America (as part of the identified country United States of America), despite being geographically close to and having similar social and cultural characteristics as the units classified to Polynesia. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | Some data collections ask respondents to specify their country of birth. In others, a pre-determined set of countries is specified as part of the question, usually accompanied by an ‘other (please specify)’ category. Recommended questions are: In which country were you/was the person/was (name) born? Australia Other (please specify) Alternatively, a list of countries may be used based on, for example common Census responses. In which country were you/was the person/was (name) born? Australia England New Zealand Italy Viet Nam Scotland Greece Germany Philippines India Netherlands Other (please specify) In either case coding of data should conform to the SACC. Sometimes respondents are simply asked to specify whether they were born in either 'English speaking' or 'non-English speaking' countries but this question is of limited use and this method of collection is not recommended. |
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| Comments: | This metadata item is consistent with that used in ABS collections and is recommended for use whenever there is a requirement for comparison with ABS data. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | National Health Data Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2008) NNNN Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/10/2011 Health, Superseded 22/11/2011 Homelessness, Superseded 13/10/2011 Housing assistance, Superseded 13/10/2011 Is re-engineered from  Country of birth, version 4, DE, Int. NCSDD & NHDD, NCSIMG & NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (19.9 KB)No registration status 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 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS Health, Superseded 21/03/2006 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 15/02/2006 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement NMDS - 1 July 2006 Community Services (retired), Superseded 14/12/2008 Computer Assisted Telephone Interview demographic module DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 24/03/2006 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 SAAP Client Collection National Minimum Data Set Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011 SAAP Demand for Accommodation National Minimum Data Set Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011 |