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Demographics Cluster

Data Set Specification Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term650590
Registration status:Help on this term

Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

The Demographics Cluster defines demographic information relating to both recipients of Centrelink benefits and their partners. The information includes: age, country of birth, citizenship, gender, Indigenous status, refugee status, preferred and spoken language and marital status.

Collection and usage attributes

Statistical unit:Help on this term

Recipient, partner of recipient

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Government Department of Social Services

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
Priority investment approach research DSS

        Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018


Metadata items in this Data Set Specification Help on this term

Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
-Person—citizenship country, code AA

DSS specific information:

Although an individual can have up to 7 citizenships, the PIA research DSS only displays the first country of citizenship. This country has been aggregated to Australia, New Zealand or Other.

Country of citizenship refers to the variable CITIZENSHIP in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—citizenship country, total number N

DSS specific information:

Only whole numbers between 1 and 7 inclusive can be recorded for this data element.

Number of citizenships refers to the variable CTZN_NUMBER in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—citizenship date of effect, MMYYYY

DSS specific information:

Citizenship date of effect refers to the variable CTRY_CTZN_DOE in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN

DSS specific information:

Country of birth refers to the variable BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—country of residence, code (SACC 2016) NNNN

DSS specific information:

Country of residence refers to the variable ADDR_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—date of birth, MMYYYY

DSS specific information:

An abbreviated date of birth (MMYYYY) is used to protect the privacy of recipients.

Date of birth refers to the variable DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—date of death, MMYYYY

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on the death flag indicating a person's death.

DSS specific information:

Date of death refers to the variable DOD_SHORT in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—Indigenous status, code A

DSS specific information:

Indigenous status refers to the variable INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—marital status, recipient code AAA

DSS specific information:

Marital status refers to the variable MARITAL_STS_CODE in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—partner refugee indicator, yes/missing code A

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on a person having a partner.

DSS specific information:

Partner refugee indicator refers to the variable PTNR_REFUGEE_STS in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—partner's country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on a person having a partner.

DSS specific information:

Partner's country of birth refers to the variable PTNR_BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—partner's date of birth, MMYYYY

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on a person having a partner.

DSS specific information:

Partner's date of birth refers to the variable PTNR_DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—partner's Indigenous status, code A

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on a person having a partner.

DSS specific information:

Partner's Indigenous status refers to the variable PTN_INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—partner's sex/gender, code A

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on a person having a partner.

DSS specific information:

Partner's sex/gender refers to the variables PTNR_GENDER in the PIA research data set.

The data are collected as ‘sex’ but interpreted as ‘gender’. Values may change over time if an individual’s gender identity alters during their lifetime.

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-Person—preferred spoken language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]

DSS specific information:

Preferred spoken language refers to the variables LANG_CODE in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—preferred written language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]

DSS specific information:

Preferred written language refers to the variables PREF_LANG_LANG in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—refugee indicator, yes/missing code A

DSS specific information:

Refugee indicator refers to the variable REFUGEE in the PIA research data set.

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-Person—sex/gender, code A

DSS specific information:

Sex/gender refers to the variable GENDER in the PIA research data set.

The data are collected as ‘sex’ but interpreted as ‘gender’. Values may change over time if an individual’s gender identity alters during their lifetime.

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