Child

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	346949
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 31/08/2007
Definition:	A person: of any age who is a natural, adopted, step, or foster son or daughter of a couple or lone parent, usually resident in the same household or under 15 years of age, usually resident in the household, who forms a parent-child relationship with another member in the household. This includes otherwise related children under 15 and unrelated children under 15.
Context:	Family structure

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	In order to be classified as a child, the person can have no partner or child of his/her own usually resident in the household. A separate family in the household is formed in this instance. If a person is aged under 15 and has a partner and/or a spouse these relationships are not recorded.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Bureau of Statistics
Origin:	Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001. Census Dictionary. Cat. no. 2901.0. Canberra: ABS.
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Dependent child Community Services (retired), Standard 31/08/2007 Non-dependent child Community Services (retired), Standard 31/08/2007