Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Preferred language |
METEOR identifier: | 460123 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 13/10/2011 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | The language (including sign language) most preferred by the person for communication, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—preferred language |
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METEOR identifier: | 269744 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2006 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 |
Definition: | The language (including sign language) most preferred by the person for communication. |
Context: | Health and welfare services: An important indicator of ethnicity, especially for persons born in non-English-speaking countries. Its collection will assist in the planning and provision of multilingual services and facilitate program and service delivery for migrants and other non-English speakers. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Preferred language |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Language code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN} |
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METEOR identifier: | 460118 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 13/10/2011 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 |
Definition: | The Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL 2011) code set representing languages. |
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Classification of Languages 2011 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | NN{NN} | |
Maximum character length: | 4 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This may be a language other than English even where the person can speak fluent English. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | ABS cat. no. 1267.0. Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL), 2011. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—preferred language, code (ASCL 2005) NN{NN} Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/10/2011 Health, Superseded 13/10/2011 Has been superseded by Person—preferred language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017 See also Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN} Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 13/10/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 See also Person—main language spoken at home, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN} Health, Recorded 24/04/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2013-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2015-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Public dental waiting times DSS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 09/11/2012 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Public dental waiting times NMDS 2013-2018 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/07/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 |