Birth mother—marital status, at child's birth code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Birth mother marital status |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 653196 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | The marital status of the birth (biological) mother of a child at the time of the child's birth, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Birth mother—marital status |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | ||||||
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Data type:![]() | Number | ||||||
Format:![]() | N | ||||||
Maximum character length:![]() | 1 | ||||||
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Guide for use:![]() | Refers to the current marital status of a person. CODE 1 Married Refers to the status of a person in a legally registered marriage, provided they are not separated from their spouse, even if the spouse is not a usual resident of the same household. CODE 2 Not married A person who has never been married, widowed or divorced. It also includes those who are living with a defacto partner. | ||||||
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Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
Steward:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
Reference documents:![]() | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015. Family, household and income unit variables, 2014. Cat. no. 1286.0. Canberra: ABS. | ||||||
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Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
Steward:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Children and Families, Superseded 20/03/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a 'local' adoption. DSS specific information: The marital status is measured at the time of the child’s birth (rather than at the time of placement). The birth mother is classified as married if she was legally married (regardless of whether she is married to the birth father) at the time of the child’s birth. In situations where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth (i.e. during the pregnancy), the birth mother is still classified as ‘married’. The birth mother is classified as not married if she was not legally married at the time of the child’s birth (expect in circumstances where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth). This includes situations where the birth mother was living in a de facto relationship. Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a 'local' adoption. DSS specific information: The marital status is measured at the time of the child’s birth (rather than at the time of placement). The birth mother is classified as married if she was legally married (regardless of whether she is married to the birth father) at the time of the child’s birth. In situations where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth (i.e. during the pregnancy), the birth mother is still classified as ‘married’. The birth mother is classified as not married if she was not legally married at the time of the child’s birth (expect in circumstances where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth). This includes situations where the birth mother was living in a de facto relationship. Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a 'local' adoption. DSS specific information: The marital status is measured at the time of the child’s birth (rather than at the time of placement). The birth mother is classified as married if she was legally married (regardless of whether she is married to the birth father) at the time of the child’s birth. In situations where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth (i.e. during the pregnancy), the birth mother is still classified as ‘married’. The birth mother is classified as not married if she was not legally married at the time of the child’s birth (expect in circumstances where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth). This includes situations where the birth mother was living in a de facto relationship. Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a 'local' adoption. DSS specific information: The marital status is measured at the time of the child’s birth (rather than at the time of placement). The birth mother is classified as married if she was legally married (regardless of whether she is married to the birth father) at the time of the child’s birth. In situations where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth (i.e. during the pregnancy), the birth mother is still classified as ‘married’. The birth mother is classified as not married if she was not legally married at the time of the child’s birth (expect in circumstances where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth). This includes situations where the birth mother was living in a de facto relationship. Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a 'local' adoption. DSS specific information: The marital status is measured at the time of the child’s birth (rather than at the time of placement). The birth mother is classified as married if she was legally married (regardless of whether she is married to the birth father) at the time of the child’s birth. In situations where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth (i.e. during the pregnancy), the birth mother is still classified as ‘married’. The birth mother is classified as not married if she was not legally married at the time of the child’s birth (expect in circumstances where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth). This includes situations where the birth mother was living in a de facto relationship. Children and Families, Superseded 05/06/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a local adoption. DSS specific information: The marital status is measured at the time of the child’s birth (rather than at the time of placement). The birth mother is classified as married if she was legally married (regardless of whether she is married to the birth father) at the time of the child’s birth. In situations where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth (i.e., during the pregnancy), the birth mother is still classified as ‘married’. The birth mother is classified as not married if she was not legally married at the time of the child’s birth (expect in circumstances where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth). This includes situations where the birth mother was living in a de facto relationship. Children and Families, Standard 05/06/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Conditional obligation: Conditional on adoption type being a local adoption. DSS specific information: The marital status is measured at the time of the child’s birth (rather than at the time of placement). The birth mother is classified as married if she was legally married (regardless of whether she is married to the birth father) at the time of the child’s birth. In situations where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth (i.e., during the pregnancy), the birth mother is still classified as ‘married’. The birth mother is classified as not married if she was not legally married at the time of the child’s birth (expect in circumstances where the birth mother’s legal marital partner died before the birth). This includes situations where the birth mother was living in a de facto relationship. |