Person—Indigenous status, Tertiary Collection of Student Information code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI) Indigenous status |
METEOR identifier: | 761453 |
Registration status: | Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 |
Definition: | Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI) |
Data Element Concept: | Person—Indigenous status |
Value Domain: | Tertiary Collection of Student Information indigenous status code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 1 is intentionally not included. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | The following definition, commonly known as 'The Commonwealth Definition', was given in a High Court judgement in the case of Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625. 'An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives'. There are three components to the Commonwealth definition:
In practice, it is not feasible to collect information on the community acceptance part of this definition in general purpose statistical and administrative collections and therefore standard questions on Indigenous status relate to descent and self-identification only. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Australian Government 2021. Tertiary collection of student information: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander code, Canberra. Viewed 10 August 2022. www.tcsisupport.gov.au/element/316 |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Initial Teacher Education (ITE) data cluster Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 |