Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 270576 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 08/05/2006 |
Definition: | The ASCRG (1996) code set representing religious groups. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 4 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | A 2005 version of this classification has been released March 2006. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Revision status: | Original 1996 - Standard |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Religious group code (ASCRG 2005) N[NNN] Community Services (retired), Superseded 07/11/2012 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—religious affiliation, code (ASCRG 1996) N[NNN] Community Services (retired), Superseded 08/05/2006 |
Classification scheme attributes | |
Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups 1996 |
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Synonymous names: | |
METEOR identifier: | 270545 |
Definition: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics classification for religions of the Australian population. |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Superseded 29/04/2006 |
Classification structure: | The ASCRG has a three level hierarchical structure. In the classification religions are grouped in to progressively broader categories on the basis of similarity in terms of religious beliefs, religious practices and cultural heritage adherents. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 1996. Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups. Cat. no. 1266.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 4 January 2005. Indexes in alphabetical and numerical order and concordance 1991 to 1996 and 1996 to 1991 included. |
Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1998. A Guide to Major ABS Classifications 1998. Cat. no. 1291.0. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 4 January 2005. |