Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Religious affiliation |
METEOR identifier: | 493242 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
Definition: | The religious group to which a person belongs or adheres, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—religious affiliation |
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METEOR identifier: | 269421 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
Definition: | The religious group to which a person belongs or adheres. |
Context: | In some circumstances this item can allow agencies to provide more culturally relevant services to some clients. It also provides a useful indicator of aspects of cultural diversity. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Religious affiliation |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Religious group code (ASCRG 2011) N[NNN] |
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METEOR identifier: | 493240 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 07/11/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
Definition: | The ASCRG (2011) code set representing religious groups. |
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups 2011 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 4 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | It is essential that where this question is asked, it be clearly marked as optional. The following question is recommended. Q1. What is your / the person's / (name)'s religion? (Answering this question is OPTIONAL.) For example, Salvation Army, Hinduism, Judaism or Humanism. If no religion, mark last option. Catholic (not Eastern Churches) Anglican (Church of England) Uniting Church Presbyterian Buddhism Greek Orthodox Islam Baptist Lutheran Other - please specify: . . . No religion While agencies are encouraged to use the recommended question described above, it is acknowledged that this is not always possible in practice. For example, where the data collection is a by-product of the provision of a health or community service, the information may be ascertained using different means. However, the recommended question should be used wherever practically possible. |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—religious affiliation, code (ASCRG 2005) N[NNN] Community Services (retired), Superseded 07/11/2012 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Cultural and language diversity cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/07/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/04/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2022 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2023 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 |