Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 635233 |
Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 09/01/2018 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Health, Superseded 15/02/2022 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 Indigenous, Superseded 27/08/2023 |
Definition: | Sex refers to a person's biological characteristics. A person's sex is usually described as being either male or female. A person may have both male and female characteristics, or neither male nor female characteristics, or other sexual characteristics. |