Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 528966 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 |
Definition: | A code set representing gender. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
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. |
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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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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Gender code X Health, Superseded 15/02/2022 See also Person—transgender indicator, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 See also Person—transgender indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N Health, Superseded 29/05/2024 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—gender, code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 |