Value domain attributes |
Representational attributes |
Representation class: | Code |
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| Data type: | Number |
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| Format: | N |
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| Maximum character length: | 1 |
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| Permissible values: | | Value | Meaning |
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| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin |
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| Supplementary values: | | Value | Meaning |
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| 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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Collection and usage attributes |
| Guide for use: | 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. |
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Data element attributes |
Collection and usage attributes |
| Collection methods: | The standard question for Indigenous Status is as follows: [Are you] [Is the person] [Is (name)] of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both 'Yes' boxes.) No.................................................... Yes, Aboriginal............................... Yes, Torres Strait Islander............ This question is recommended for self-enumerated or interview-based collections. It can also be used in circumstances where a close relative, friend, or another member of the household is answering on behalf of the subject. It is strongly recommended that this question be asked directly wherever possible. When someone is not present, the person answering for them should be in a position to do so, i.e. this person must know well the person about whom the question is being asked and feel confident to provide accurate information about them. This question must always be asked regardless of data collectors' perceptions based on appearance or other factors. The Indigenous status question allows for more than one response. The procedure for coding multiple responses is as follows: If the respondent marks 'No' and either 'Aboriginal' or 'Torres Strait Islander', then the response should be coded to either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander as indicated (i.e. disregard the 'No' response). If the respondent marks both the 'Aboriginal' and 'Torres Strait Islander' boxes, then their response should be coded to 'Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin'. If the respondent marks all three boxes ('No', 'Aboriginal' and 'Torres Strait Islander'), then the response should be coded to 'Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin' (i.e. disregard the 'No' response). This approach may be problematical in some data collections, for example when data are collected by interview or using screen based data capture systems. An additional response category Yes, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... may be included if this better suits the data collection practices of the agency or establishment concerned. |
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Source and reference attributes |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Origin: | National Health Data Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
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| Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 1999. Standards for Social, Labour and Demographic Variables. Cultural Diversity Variables, Canberra. Viewed 3 August 2005. |
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Relational attributes |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—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
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