Carer household—Indigenous status

Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METEOR identifier:	531776
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether any carer in the household identifies as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Carer household
Definition:	A ‘carer household’ is a private household containing one or more carers: who have undergone the relevant screening/selection and approval process; and; who have received authorisation from the relevant department or agency to enable a child to be placed in their care, including carers who have received provisional authorisation; and for whom reimbursement is available from a government authority or non-government organisation for expenses incurred in caring for the child; and who are part of an ongoing review process.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2012-13. Canberra: AIHW.

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Indigenous status
Definition:	An indicator of identification as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Property group:	Demographic/social/cultural characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Carer household—Indigenous status, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Candidate 21/03/2014