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Person—preferred spoken language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termPreferred spoken language
METEOR identifier:Help on this term666375
Registration status:Help on this term

Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

Definition:Help on this term

The language (including sign language) most preferred by the person for communication, as represented by a code.

Context:Help on this term

Health and welfare services:

An important indicator of ethnicity, especially for persons born in non-English-speaking countries. Its collection will assist in the planning and provision of multilingual services and facilitate program and service delivery for migrants and other non-English speakers.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termPerson—preferred spoken language
Value Domain:Help on this termLanguage code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Australian Standard Classification of Languages 2016
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[NNN]
Maximum character length:Help on this term4

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The ASCL has a three-level hierarchical structure. The most detailed level of the classification consists of languages which are represented by four-digit codes. The second level of the classification comprises narrow groups of languages (the Narrow group level), identified by two-digit and three-digit codes. The most general level of the classification consists of broad groups of languages (the Broad group level) and is identified by one-digit codes. The classification includes Australian Indigenous languages and sign languages.

For example, the Lithuanian language has a code of 3102. In this case 3 denotes that it is an Eastern European language, while 31 denotes that it is a Baltic language. The Pintupi Aboriginal language is coded as 8713. In this case 8 denotes that it is an Australian Indigenous language and 87 denotes that the language is a Western Desert language.

Language data may be output at the Broad group level, Narrow group level or the language level of the classification. Also, significant languages within a Narrow group can be presented separately with the remaining languages of the Narrow group aggregated. The same principle can be adopted to highlight significant Narrow groups within a Broad group.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

This may be a language other than English even where the person can speak fluent English.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Government Department of Social Services

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
Demographics Cluster

        Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

DSS specific attributes +
DSS specific information:

Preferred spoken language refers to the variables LANG_CODE in the PIA research data set.


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