Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Marital status |
METEOR identifier: | 766507 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 |
Definition: | A person's current relationship status in terms of a couple relationship or, for those not in a couple relationship, the existence of a current or previous registered marriage, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—marital status |
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METEOR identifier: | 269533 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 |
Definition: | A person's current relationship status in terms of a couple relationship or, for those not in a couple relationship, the existence of a current or previous registered marriage. |
Context: | Marital status is a core metadata item in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics. Its main purpose is analysis of the association of marital status with the need for and use of services, and for epidemiological analysis. Marital status also acts as an indicator for the level of support adult recipients of the welfare system have at home. The item is also used in comparisons of administrative data and population censuses and surveys. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Marital status |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Marital status code N |
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METEOR identifier: | 766505 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 |
Definition: | A code set representing the marital status of a person. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Reference documents: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Family, Household and Income Unit Variables, 2014. Canberra: ABS, viewed 21 September 2022 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/family-household-and-income-unit-variables/2014 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | The Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) (as amended) defines marriage as 'the union of 2 people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life'. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—marital status, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 See also Person—marital status end date, DDMMYYYY Community Services (retired), Recorded 11/07/2011 See also Person—marital status start date, DDMMYYYY Community Services (retired), Recorded 11/07/2011 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 DSS specific information: As marital status can change over time, episodes from the ambulatory setting should include the latest/most recently reported marital status. Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2024–25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 DSS specific information: As marital status can change over time, episodes from the ambulatory setting should include the latest/most recently reported marital status. Admitted patient care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as: Code 11: Mental health care. Admitted patient care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as: Code 11: Mental health care. Aged care person cluster Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Community mental health care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Community mental health care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Dementia NBPDS Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Person related data elements (TDLU) cluster (Private Hospitals) Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Residential mental health care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Residential mental health care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 |