Prison—number of pregnant prisoners, number N[NN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Number of pregnant prisoners |
METEOR identifier: | 626260 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 28/04/2016 |
Definition: | The total number of prisoners who were pregnant within a prison anytime over a specified 12 month period. |
Data Element Concept: | Prison—number of pregnant prisoners |
Value Domain: | Number N[NN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NN] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Pregnancy includes babies which were carried full term, abortions and miscarriages. |
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Comments: | Imprisonment may place pregnant women and their unborn child at increased health risk due to prison-related stressors. Alternatively, it may enhance pregnancy outcomes for women from disadvantaged backgrounds as it provides shelter, regular meals and medical care (Scott & Gerbasi 2005). |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Scott C & Gerbasi J 2005. Handbook of correctional mental health. Virginia: American Psychiatric Publishing. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Establishment (prison)—number of pregnant prisoners, number N[NN] Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison establishments NBEDS Health, Standard 28/04/2016 Prison establishments NBEDS 2018 Health, Qualified 07/03/2024 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the prison including female prisoners. DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Establishment Form: 8. During the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, how many female prisoners were pregnant while in prison? Prison establishments NBEDS 2022 Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the prison including female prisoners. DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Establishment form: 8. During the period 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2021, how many female prisoners were pregnant while in prison? |