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Marital status code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270666
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015
Definition:Help on this term

A code set representing the marital status of a person.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Never married
2Widowed
3Divorced
4Separated
5Married (registered and de facto)
Supplementary values:Help on this term
6Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Refers to the current marital status of a person.

CODE 2     Widowed

This code usually refers to registered marriages but when self-reported may also refer to de facto marriages.

CODE 4     Separated

This code refers to registered marriages but when self-reported may also refer to de facto marriages.

CODE 5     Married (registered and de facto)

Includes people who have been divorced or widowed but have since re-married, and should be generally accepted as applicable to all de facto couples, including of the same sex.

CODE 6     Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use on primary collection forms. It is primarily for use in administrative collections when transferring data from data sets where the item has not been collected.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Social marital status code NN
  • Health, Qualified 03/06/2022
Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Birth mother—marital status, code N
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013
Person—adoptive parent marital status, code N
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013
Person—marital status, code N
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 04/05/2005
  • Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015
Person—marital status, code N
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005
  • Health, Superseded 04/05/2005
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