Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Country of birth |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 659454 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | The country in which the person was born, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—country of birth |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 269686 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | The country in which the person was born. |
Context:![]() | Country of birth is important in the study of access to services by different population sub-groups. Country of birth is the most easily collected and consistently reported of a range of possible data items that may indicate cultural or language diversity. Country of birth may be used in conjunction with other data such as period of residence in Australia, etc., to derive more sophisticated measures of access to (or need for) services by different population sub-groups. |
Object class:![]() | Person |
Property:![]() | Country of birth |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Country code (SACC 2016) NNNN |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 659444 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC 2016) code set representing a country. |
Representational attributes | |
Classification scheme: | Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2016 |
Representation class:![]() | Code |
Data type:![]() | Number |
Format:![]() | NNNN |
Maximum character length:![]() | 4 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | The Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2016 (SACC) is a four-digit, three-level hierarchical structure specifying major group, minor group and country. A country, even if it comprises other discrete political entities such as states, is treated as a single unit for all data domain purposes. Parts of a political entity are not included in different groups. Thus, Hawaii is included in Northern America (as part of the identified country United States of America), despite being geographically close to and having similar social and cultural characteristics as the units classified to Polynesia. |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods:![]() | Some data collections ask respondents to specify their country of birth. In others, a pre-determined set of countries is specified as part of the question, usually accompanied by an ‘other (please specify)’ category. Recommended questions are: In which country were you/was the person/was (name) born?
or In which country were you/was the person/was (name) born?
The option list for this question includes countries according to their statistical frequency in Australia, according to data from the Census of Population and Housing. Exceptions are made for countries such as 'United Kingdom' and 'China', as they are likely to reduce the level of detail that is possible to be coded to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC). |
Comments:![]() | This metadata item is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Country of Birth standard for collecting, processing and presenting country of birth statistics (ABS 2016a). |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents:![]() | Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016a. Country of Birth Standard, 2016. ABS cat. no. 1200.0.55.004. Canberra: ABS. ABS 2016b. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) 2016. ABS cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2011) NNNN
See also Person—country of birth, text X[X(99)]
See also Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 17/01/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 23/12/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 30/06/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 20/02/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 Health, Standard 17/10/2018 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 20/01/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Health, Standard 03/12/2008 Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 DSS specific information: Country of birth refers to the variable BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set. Disability, Superseded 05/07/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 DSS specific information: In the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), the 10 most frequently reported countries of birth are listed on data collection forms to simplify data collection and minimise coding load on service type outlets and funding departments. Where the country of birth is known but is not specified in the listed countries of birth (i.e., is ‘other country’), funded agencies should specify it on primary data collection forms. These will then be coded by funding departments to the appropriate Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) code. Disability, Standard 05/07/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 DSS specific information: This data element is optional within the JJ DSS. If collected, the data is to be associated with the data in the Juvenile Justice Client file cluster. Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/07/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 DSS specific information: This data element is recorded for the mother only. Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 DSS specific information: This data element is recorded for the mother only. Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 DSS specific information: This data element is recorded for the mother only. Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Standard 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: In the Prison dischargee data collection, the 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to: Code 1 Australia Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Dischargee Form: 7. Country of birth. In the Prison dischargee data collection, the 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to: Code 1 Australia Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown Where the country of birth is not Australia, the data element Person—country of birth, text X[X(99)] should be completed. Health, Recorded 24/04/2023 DSS specific information: In the Prison dischargee data collection, the 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to: Code 1 Australia Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Dischargee Form: 7. Country of birth Health, Standard 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: The 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to: Code 1 Australia Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Entrants Form: 6. Country of birth. The 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to:
Health, Recorded 24/04/2023 DSS specific information: The 4 digit SACC codes will be mapped to: Code 1 Australia Code 2 Other (specify) Code 9 Unknown This data element corresponds to the following questions of the Prison Entrants Form: 6. Country of birth Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 DSS specific information: In the Public dental waiting times NMDS, the Classification scheme for this data element did not come into effect until the 2016-17 collection year. Prior to this the Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2011 was used. Health, Superseded 08/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Standard 08/02/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Health, Superseded 20/01/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. This data element is conditional on the client providing consent to release their personal data to the AIHW. The data element Client—consent indicator, yes/no code N, must receive a response of Yes (Code 1). Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/04/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Youth Justice, Superseded 23/08/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 DSS specific information: This data element is optional within the YJ DSS. If collected, the data is to be associated with the data in the Youth Justice Client file cluster Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 DSS specific information: This optional item is collected within the YJ NMDS Client file cluster. |