Person—adoptive parent marital status, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Adoptive parent marital status |
METEOR identifier: | 471018 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 |
Definition: | The relationship status of an adoptive parent at the time of placement of the child, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—marital status |
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METEOR identifier: | 269533 |
Registration status: | Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 |
Definition: | A person's current relationship status in terms of a couple relationship or, for those not in a couple relationship, the existence of a current or previous registered marriage. |
Context: | Marital status is a core metadata item in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics. Its main purpose is analysis of the association of marital status with the need for and use of services, and for epidemiological analysis. Marital status also acts as an indicator for the level of support adult recipients of the welfare system have at home. The item is also used in comparisons of administrative data and population censuses and surveys. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Marital status |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Marital status code N |
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METEOR identifier: | 270666 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 |
Definition: | A code set representing the marital status of a person. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Origin: | The ABS standards for the collection of Social and Registered marital status appear on the ABS Website. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Family, household and income unit variables. Cat. no. 1286.0. Canberra: ABS. |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Marital status should be counted at the time of the placement of the child with the adopted family. |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Adoptive family—adoptive parent marital status, code N Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Adoptions DSS 2011-13 Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a 'local' or 'intercountry' adoption. Adoptions DSS 2013-14 Community Services (retired), Recorded 20/03/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a 'local' or 'intercountry' adoption. |