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Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 02/06/2008 Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2008 |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 attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—country of birth |
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METEOR identifier: | 269686 |
Registration status: | Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 27/07/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Tasmanian Health, Standard 31/08/2016 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 |
Definition: | The country in which the person was born. |
Context: | Country of birth is important in the study of access to services by different population sub-groups. Country of birth is the most easily collected and consistently reported of a range of possible data items that may indicate cultural or language diversity. Country of birth may be used in conjunction with other data such as period of residence in Australia, etc., to derive more sophisticated measures of access to (or need for) services by different population sub-groups. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Country of birth |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Country code (SACC 1998) NNNN |
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METEOR identifier: | 270812 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 02/06/2008 Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2008 |
Definition: | A SACC code set representing a country. |
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 |
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 care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Admitted patient care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Admitted patient care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Admitted patient care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2009 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2009 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2009 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS Health, Superseded 21/03/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2010 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 DSS specific information: It is recommended that the 10 most frequently reported countries of birth are listed on data collection forms to simplify data collection and minimise coding load on service type outlets and funding departments. Where the country of birth is known but is not specified in the classification below, (i.e., is ‘other country’), funded agencies should specify it on primary data collection forms. These will then be coded by funding departments to the appropriate SACC code. Community mental health care NMDS 2004-05 Health, Superseded 08/12/2004 Implementation start date: 01/07/2004 Implementation end date: 30/06/2005 Community mental health care NMDS 2005-06 Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Community mental health care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Community mental health care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Community mental health care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2009 Computer Assisted Telephone Interview demographic module DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 Health care client identification Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 DSS specific information: County of birth for newborn babies should be 'Australia'. Health care client identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 DSS specific information: Country of birth for newborn babies should be 'Australia'. Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 24/03/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2010 Perinatal NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Perinatal NMDS Health, Superseded 06/09/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Perinatal NMDS 2007-2008 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Perinatal NMDS 2008-2010 Health, Superseded 02/12/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2010 Residential mental health care NMDS 2005-06 Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Residential mental health care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Residential mental health care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 Residential mental health care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2009 SAAP Client Collection National Minimum Data Set Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011 DSS specific information: This data element should be collected for the client and for each accompanying child. SAAP Demand for Accommodation National Minimum Data Set Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011 Implementation start date: 21/04/2006 Implementation end date: 01/08/2006 DSS specific information: Implemented in the SAAP demand collection as a number by sex for all members of the group seeking accommodation including all adults and children. |