Person—marital status, code AAA

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Patient marital status code
Synonymous names:	PER_MARITAL_STATUS_CODE
METEOR identifier:	562141
Registration status:	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, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—marital status

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

AAA

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
NSP	Not specified
UNK	Unknown

Guide for use:

Code DEF (De facto)

This code should generally be accepted as applicable to all de facto couples, including those of the same sex.

Code MAR (Married)

This code also includes people who have been divorced or widowed but have since re-married.

Code SEP (Separated)

This code refers to registered marriages but when self-reported may also refer to de facto relationships.

Code WID (Widowed)

This code usually refers to registered marriages but when self-reported may also refer to de facto relationships.

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

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