Recipient—partner identifier, scrambled customer reference number N(9)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Scrambled partner's identifier CRN
METEOR identifier:	645558
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
Definition:	A random sequence of characters used for the purposes of identifying the partner of a Centrelink recipient in the PIA research data set.
Data Element Concept:	Recipient—partner identifier
Value Domain:	Scrambled customer reference number identifier N(9)

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Identifier
Data type:	Number
Format:	N(9)
Maximum character length:	9

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The identifier has been scrambled.

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Collection methods:	The identifier is a random number assigned to each individual recipient and is not used outside the PIA research data set.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Government Department of Social Services
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	See also Recipient—identifier, scrambled customer reference number N(9) Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Income support information Cluster Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Conditional on a person having a partner. DSS specific information: Scrambled partner's identifier CRN refers to the variable SCRAMBLED_PTNR_PERSON_ID in the PIA research data set.