Demographics Cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	650590
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	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:	Recipient, partner of recipient
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Government Department of Social Services
Relational attributes
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:	Priority investment approach research DSS Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Conditional	1
-	Person—Indigenous status, code A *DSS specific information:* Indigenous status refers to the variable INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—marital status, recipient code AAA *DSS specific information:* Marital status refers to the variable MARITAL_STS_CODE in the PIA research data set.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Conditional	1
-	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.	Conditional	1
-	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.	Conditional	1
-	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.	Conditional	1
-	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.	Conditional	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—refugee indicator, yes/missing code A *DSS specific information:* Refugee indicator refers to the variable REFUGEE in the PIA research data set.	Mandatory	1
-	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.	Mandatory	1