Person—preferred spoken language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Preferred spoken language |
METEOR identifier: | 666375 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 |
Definition: | The language (including sign language) most preferred by the person for communication, as represented by a code. |
Context: | 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: | Person—preferred spoken language |
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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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This may be a language other than English even where the person can speak fluent English. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Social Services |
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Demographics Cluster Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 DSS specific information: Preferred spoken language refers to the variables LANG_CODE in the PIA research data set. |