Person—sex/gender, code A
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Sex/gender |
| METEOR identifier: | 639275 |
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| Definition: | The identification of a person as either male, female or not exclusively male or female, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—sex/gender |
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Representational attributes | |||||||||
| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||
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| Data type: | String | ||||||||
| Format: | A | ||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||||
| Guide for use: | CODE X Other Other refers to any person who does not exclusively identify as either male or female. Terms such as 'indeterminate', 'intersex', 'non-binary', and 'unspecified' are variously used to describe the 'Other' category of sex. | ||||||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||||||
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Social Services | ||||||||
| Origin: | Australian Government 2017. Guides to Social Policy Law. Guide to Social Security Law. Viewed 24 April 2017, http://guides.dss.gov.au/guide-social-security-law/2/2/2 | ||||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||||
| Collection methods: | Sex/gender information is collected and recorded to help verify the identity of individuals who claim, or are in receipt, of social security payments. An Australian birth certificate, current Australian passport or current foreign passport, or a statement from a registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist, are acceptable documents to verify a person's gender. | ||||||||
| Comments: | The Australian Government Department of Social Services/Centrelink forms collect information from recipients using the terms ‘sex’ and 'gender'. It is therefore not possible to differentiate between the two terms or use a data element that defines either sex or gender. | ||||||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||||||
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Social Services | ||||||||
Relational attributes | |||||||||
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 | ||||||||