Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | First language spoken |
METEOR identifier: | 270306 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 29/04/2006 Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006 |
Data Element Concept: | Person—first language spoken |
Value Domain: | Language code (ASCL 1997) N[NNN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Classification of Languages 1997 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 4 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | Data should be captured, classified and stored at the base level of the classification wherever possible as this allows the greatest flexibility for output. The recommended question is: Which language did you/the person/name first speak as a child? To be followed by either a set of 'most likely' languages with tick boxes and an 'Other -please specify' response category for writing a language not specified in the tick box list; or a tick box for 'English' and an 'Other - please specify' response category. 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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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—first language spoken, code (ASCL 2005) NN{NN} Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/10/2011 Health, Superseded 13/10/2011 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/05/2013 Is re-engineered from First language spoken, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (18.0 KB) No registration status |