Person—country of birth, text X[X(99)]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Country of birth text
METEOR identifier:	696778
Registration status:	Health, Recorded 22/12/2022
Definition:	The country in which a person was born, as represented by text.
Data Element Concept:	Person—country of birth

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Text
Data type:	String
Format:	X[X(99)]
Maximum character length:	100
Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This data element should be used in conjunction with the Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN data element, where a country other than Australia is selected.
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:	See also Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 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
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Prison dischargee NBEDS 2018 Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Conditional on the country of birth being a country other than Australia. DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Dischargee Form: 7. Country of birth. Prison entrants NBEDS 2018 Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Conditional on the country of birth being a country other than Australia. DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Entrants Form: 6. Country of birth.