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Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2016

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termClassification Scheme
Synonymous names:Help on this termSACC 2016
METEOR identifier:Help on this term659350
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021
  • Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
  • Disability, Qualified 31/07/2017
  • Health, Standard 06/12/2016
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Definition:Help on this term

The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) is produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and provides guidelines for the consistent collection, aggregation and dissemination of statistics by country.

Classification structure:Help on this term

The SACC has a three-level hierarchical structure that consists of major groups, minor groups and countries. The major and minor groups of the classification generally represent geographically contiguous groups of countries or regions that share some social, cultural, economic or political characteristics.

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The ABS recommends all data be captured and stored at the most detailed level of the classification to enable more detailed and complex analysis, and facilitate comparisons with other data sets.

Countries from different minor groups should not be added together to form an aggregation that is not included in the classification framework structure as this corrupts the application of the classification criteria and has repercussions for data comparability. Similarly, minor groups from different major groups should not be added together. In instances where some countries within a minor group are presented separately while the remaining countries within the minor group are aggregated, the group of aggregated countries should be labelled 'Other', or 'Other (minor group name)'.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) 2016. ABS cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS.

Revision status:Help on this term

SACC was previously known as the Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics (ASCCSS).

The first edition of the SACC was published in 1998. The first edition had a number of revisions, with the final revision (R2.03) in 2007. The Second edition of SACC was first published in 2008.This edition was followed by SACC 2011 and 2016.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2011
  • Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2011
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Health, Superseded 06/12/2016
  • Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
  • Housing assistance, Standard 17/11/2011
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 08/03/2017
Value Domains based on this classification scheme:Help on this term

Country code (SACC 2016) NNNN

  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 11/11/2018
  • Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
  • Disability, Standard 15/12/2017
  • Health, Standard 06/12/2016
  • Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

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