Person—transgender indicator, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Transgender
METEOR identifier:	375985
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 28/04/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether a person identifies as transgender or is currently undergoing gender reassignment, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—transgender indicator
Value Domain:	Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Yes
	2	No
Supplementary values:	97	Not applicable
	98	Unknown/unable to be determined
	99	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

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CODE 97 Not applicable

CODE 98 Unknown/unable to be determined

CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Person—transgender indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N Health, Standard 28/04/2016 See also Gender code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 See also Person—gender, code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:	Prison clinic contact DSS Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 Prison dischargee DSS Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 Prison entrants DSS Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 Prisoners in custody repeat medications DSS Health, Superseded 28/04/2016