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

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termCountry of birth text
METEOR identifier:Help on this term696778
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Recorded 22/12/2022
Definition:Help on this term

The country in which a person was born, as represented by text.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termPerson—country of birth

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termText
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termX[X(99)]
Maximum character length:Help on this term100

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:Help on this term

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:Help on this term
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:Help on this term
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.


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