Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Main language other than English spoken at home |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 659402 |
Registration status:![]() | Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021 Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition:![]() | The language reported by a person as the main language other than English spoken by that person in his/her home (or most recent private residential setting occupied by the person) to communicate with other residents of the home or setting and regular visitors, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person—main language other than English spoken at home |
Value Domain:![]() | Language code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Classification of Languages 2016 | |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | |
Data type:![]() | Number | |
Format:![]() | N[NNN] | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 4 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods:![]() | Where extensive data on main language other than English spoken at home is needed, one of the two questions below may be used: Alternative 1 Do you/Does the person/Does (name)/ Will (name of child under two years) speak a language other than English at home? (If more than one language, indicate the language that is spoken most often.)
The above list includes languages based on their statistical frequency in Australia, based on data from the Census of Population and Housing. Alternative 2 Do you/Does the person/Does (name)/ Will (name of child under two years) speak a language other than English at home?
Where there is no requirement for detailed language data, the following question may be suitable: Do you/Does the person/Does (name)/ Will (name of child under two years) speak a language other than English at home?
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Comments:![]() | This metadata item is consistent with that used in the Australian Bureau of Statistics's (ABS) Census of Population and Housing and is recommended for use whenever there is a requirement for comparison with Census data. This data element is important in identifying those people most likely to suffer disadvantage in terms of their ability to access services due to language and/or cultural difficulties. In conjunction with Indigenous status, Proficiency in spoken English and Country of birth this data element forms the minimum core set of cultural and language indicators recommended by the ABS. Data on main language other than English spoken at home are regarded as an indicator of 'active' ethnicity and also as useful for the study of inter-generational language retention. The availability of such data may help providers of health and community services to effectively target the geographic areas or population groups that need those services. It may be used for the investigation and development of language services such as interpreter/ translation services. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents:![]() | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016a. Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL) 2016. ABS cat. no.1267.0. Canberra: ABS. Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016b. Language Standards 2016. ABS cat. no.1200.0.55.005. Canberra: ABS. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN} Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 13/10/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 See also Person—main language other than English spoken at home, text X[X(99)] Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 See also Person—preferred language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017 See also Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Australian Sports Injury Data Dictionary Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Child protection (CP) client file cluster Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Dementia NBPDS Health, Standard 05/10/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Prison dischargee NBEDS 2018 Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Dischargee Form: 8. Main language spoken at home. In the Prison dischargee data collection, the ASCL codes will be mapped to: Code 1 English Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown Where the main language spoken at home is a language other than English, the data element Person—main language other than English spoken at home, text X[X(99)] should also be completed. Prison entrants NBEDS 2018 Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Entrants Form: 7. Main language spoken at home. The ASCL codes will be mapped to:
Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. Where a client is without a home, record main language spoken other than English. This collection records the ABS classification supplementary code Not Stated (0002). Your Experience of Service National Best Endeavours Data Set Health, Superseded 15/04/2021 DSS specific information: This relates to the main language spoken at home question of the YES survey instrument. The full question is: What is the main language you speak at home? Your Experience of Service National Best Endeavours Data Set 2019– Health, Standard 15/04/2021 DSS specific information: This relates to the main language spoken at home question of the YES survey instrument. The full question is: What is the main language you speak at home? |
Implementation in Indicators:![]() |
Used as Disaggregation
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 01-Participation rate Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 02-Screening positivity rate Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 03-Diagnostic assessment rate Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 04-Time between positive screen and diagnostic assessment Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 05a-Adenoma detection rate Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 05b-Positive predictive value of diagnostic assessment for detecting adenoma Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 06a-Colorectal cancer detection rate Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 06b-Positive predictive value of diagnostic assessment for detecting colorectal cancer Health, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 07-Interval cancer rate Health, Standard 06/09/2018 |