Person—gender, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Gender |
| Synonymous names: | Gender identity |
| METEOR identifier: | 521492 |
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| Definition: | The behavioural, cultural or psychological traits typically associated with a specific sex indicating the sex with which the individual considers or desires to be associated, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—gender |
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| Representation class: | Code | |||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | |||||||||
| Format: | N | |||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |||||||||
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| Guide for use: | CODE 3 Gender other/diverse This code may include a person that does not fall within the traditional binary notions of sex and gender (male and females). This may include people who identify as a gender different to their birth sex or as neither male nor female. Other terms commonly associated include trans, transgender, transsexual, gender queer, pan-gendered, androgynous and inter-gender. Some cultures may have their own terms for gender identities outside male and female. | |||||||||
| Comments: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics has commenced a review of its Sex Standard. See Review of the Sex Standard/Potential new Gender Standard. | |||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Gender is not the same as Sex which is determined by biology. A person's sex and gender may not necessarily be the same. A person's preferred gender may or may not correspond with the sex or gender assigned at birth. The preferred Australian Government approach is to collect and use gender information. Information regarding sex would ordinarily not be required. Departments and agencies should ensure when they collect sex and/or gender information they use the correct terminology for the information they are seeking. | |||||||||
| Collection methods: | Codes 1 (Male), 2 (Female) and 3 (Intersex/indeterminate) may be mapped to M and F and X respectively for collection purposes, however, they should be stored within information systems as codes 1 and 2 and 3 as above. Information about a person's sex should only be collected where there is a legitimate need for that information, e.g. if a service or benefit to be provided to the individual is directly related to biological sex. However, the necessity of a medical service or associated benefit should be determined by the physical need regardless a person's recorded sex and/or gender. | |||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. | |||||||||
| Origin: | Australian Government guidelines on the recognition of sex and gender, Attorney-General's Department. Commonwealth of Australia July 2013. Person and provider identification in healthcare, AS 4846:2014: Gender Identity section 5.6. | |||||||||
| Reference documents: | AS 4590-2006: Client interchange Australian Standard for Gender section 3.2.6. | |||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—gender, code X
See also Person—sex, code A
See also Person—sex, code N
See also Person—transgender indicator, code N
See also Person—transgender indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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