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Adoptive parent marital status code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term651142
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Definition:Help on this term

A code set representing the marital status of an adoptive parent.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Single
2Married
3De facto relationship
Supplementary values:Help on this term
9Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Refers to the marital status of a person at the time of placement of a child for adoption.

CODE 1    Single

Includes situations where there is one adoptive parent who is not legally married or living in a de facto relationship. This category may include widowed parents.

CODE 2    Married

Includes situations where there are two adoptive parents who are legally married to each other and living together at the time of placement of the child. This may include people who have been divorced or widowed but have since re-married.

CODE 3    De facto relationship

Includes situations where there are two adoptive parents who are not legally married, but are living together in a de facto relationship as defined by the state or territory in which they live, and should be generally accepted as applicable to de facto couples of the same sex.

 

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:Help on this term<p>Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015. Family, household and income unit variables, 2014. Cat. no. 1286.0.&nbsp;Canberra: ABS.</p>

Relational attributes

Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Adoptive family—adoptive parent marital status, code N
  • Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
Adoptive family—adoptive parent marital status, code N
  • Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021
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