Sex

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Property
METEOR identifier:	635230
Registration status:	Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 15/02/2022 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 21/03/2023 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022
Definition:	Sex refers to an individual's biological characteristics. An individual's sex is usually described as being either male or female. An individual may have both male and female characteristics, or neither male nor female characteristics, or other sexual characteristics.
Property group:	Demographic/social/cultural characteristics

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
Origin:	Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Standard for Sex and Gender Variables(Cat. no. 1200.0.55.012). Viewed 26 July 2016.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Sex Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 11/05/2017 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 22/10/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/01/2018 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 Has been superseded by Sex Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 Health, Standard 15/02/2022 Indigenous, Standard 27/08/2023 Tasmanian Health, Standard 21/03/2023 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Data Element Concepts implementing this property:	Person—sex Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Health, Superseded 15/02/2022 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023 Tasmanian Health, Standard 09/01/2018 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022

Property Attributes