Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Indigenous status |
METEOR identifier: | 639285 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 |
Definition: | Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—Indigenous status |
Value Domain: | Indigenous status code A |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | A | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | I | Indigenous |
N | Non-Indigenous | |
U | Unknown |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Social Services |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This information is collected on a voluntary basis and is of unknown quality. Individuals may change their identification over time. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Social Services |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Demographics Cluster Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 DSS specific information: Indigenous status refers to the variable INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set. |