Marital status at child's birth code N
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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| METEOR identifier: | 653200 |
| Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 |
| Definition: | A code set representing the marital status of the birth mother of a child at the time of the child's birth. |
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Married |
| 2 | Not married | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| 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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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| 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. |
Relational attributes | |
| Data elements implementing this value domain: | Birth mother—marital status, at child's birth code N Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 |
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