Person—disability status, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Disability status
METEOR identifier:	608048
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	An indicator of whether a person has a disability, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—disability status

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes

Record if the person has a disability.

CODE 2 No

Record if the person does not have a disability.

In some collections, this may be self-enumerated and as such the person or their carer's view should be recorded.

In some cases, proof of disability may be required to receive some form of assistance.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016
Community Services (retired), Candidate 09/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013 *DSS specific information:* For unborn children, 97 ‘Not applicable’ should be recorded. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual.

Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014 *DSS specific information:* For unborn children, 97 ‘Not applicable’ should be recorded. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual.

Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015 *DSS specific information:* For unborn children, 97 ‘Not applicable’ should be recorded. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual.

Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/04/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016 *DSS specific information:* For unborn children, 97 ‘Not applicable’ should be recorded. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual.

Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017 *DSS specific information:* For unborn children, 97 ‘Not applicable’ should be recorded. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual.

Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* For unborn children, 97 ‘Not applicable’ should be recorded. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection NMDS collection manual.

Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In some jurisdictions, disability status is only recorded if the disability impacts on the client's housing need. Status is recorded as stands on the date the household tenancy is ended or at 30 June, whichever is earlier.

Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 19/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In some jurisdictions, disability status is only recorded if the disability impacts on the client's housing need. Status is recorded as stands on the date the household tenancy is ended or at 30 June, whichever is earlier.

Person (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 19/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In some jurisdictions, disability status is only recorded if the disability impacts on the client's housing need. Status is recorded as stands on the date the household tenancy is ended or at 30 June, whichever is earlier.

Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018-Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *DSS specific information:* In some jurisdictions, disability status is only recorded if the disability impacts on the client's housing need. Record status as at the date the household tenancy ended or at 30 June, whichever is earlier.

Person—disability status, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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