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Birth mother—marital status, at child's birth code N

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termBirth mother marital status
METEOR identifier:Help on this term653196
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Definition:Help on this term

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:Help on this termBirth mother—marital status

Value domain attributes

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
1Married
2Not married
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
9Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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.

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

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015. Family, household and income unit variables, 2014. Cat. no. 1286.0. Canberra: ABS.

Data element attributes

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

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Adoptions DSS 2013-16
Children and Families, Superseded 20/03/2018
DSS specific attributes +
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.


Adoptions DSS 2016-17
Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018
DSS specific attributes +
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.


Adoptions DSS 2017-18
Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019
DSS specific attributes +
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.


Adoptions DSS 2018-19
Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021
DSS specific attributes +
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.


Adoptions DSS 2019-20
Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
DSS specific attributes +
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.


Adoptions DSS 2020-21
Children and Families, Superseded 05/06/2023
DSS specific attributes +
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.


Adoptions DSS 2021-22
Children and Families, Standard 05/06/2023
DSS specific attributes +
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.


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