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Indigenous status code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270885
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005
  • Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
  • Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016
  • WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014
Definition:Help on this termA code set representing Indigenous status.

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
1Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin
2Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin
3Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin
4Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin
Supplementary values:Help on this term
9Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

This metadata item is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) standard for Indigenous status. For detailed advice on its use and application please refer to the ABS Website as indicated in the Reference documents.

The classification for Indigenous status has a hierarchical structure comprising two levels. There are four categories at the detailed level of the classification which are grouped into two categories at the broad level. There is one supplementary category for 'not stated' responses. The classification is as follows:

Indigenous:

  • Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin.
  • Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin.
  • Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.

Non-Indigenous:

  • Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin.

Not stated/ inadequately described:

This category is not to be available as a valid answer to the questions but is intended for use:

  • Primarily when importing data from other data collections that do not contain mappable data.
  • Where an answer was refused.
  • Where the question was not able to be asked prior to completion of assistance because the client was unable to communicate or a person who knows the client was not available.

Only in the last two situations may the tick boxes on the questionnaire be left blank.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Indigenous status code N
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021
  • Disability, Standard 29/02/2016
  • Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018
  • Health, Standard 19/11/2015
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015
  • Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Person—Indigenous status, code N
  • Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005
  • Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
  • Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016
  • WA Health, Incomplete 22/08/2012
  • WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014
Person—Indigenous status, code N
  • Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005
  • Health, Superseded 04/05/2005
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