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Sex

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termProperty
METEOR identifier:Help on this term635230
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Recorded 18/05/2020
  • Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 15/02/2022
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
  • Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 09/01/2018
  • Youth Justice, Recorded 23/05/2022
Definition:Help on this term

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:Help on this termDemographic/social/cultural characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
Origin:Help on this term

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:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Sex
  • Health, Standard 15/02/2022
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
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  • Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
  • Health, Superseded 11/05/2017
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018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  • Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017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  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/01/2018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, Qualified 29/06/2022
Data Element Concepts implementing this property:Help on this term
Person—sex
    • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
    • Children and Families, Recorded 18/05/2020
    • Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018
    • Health, Superseded 15/02/2022
    • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
    • Indigenous, Standard 16/10/2017
    • Tasmanian Health, Standard 09/01/2018
    • Youth Justice, Recorded 23/05/2022
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