Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups 2011
Classification Scheme Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Classification Scheme |
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Synonymous names: | ASCRG 2011 |
METEOR identifier: | 493238 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 30/09/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
Definition: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics classification for religions of the Australian population. |
Classification structure: | The ASCRG has a three level hierarchical structure. In the classification religions are grouped into progressively broader categories on the basis of similarity in terms of religious beliefs, religious practices and cultural heritage adherents. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Indexes in alphabetical and numerical order and concordance 1991 to 1996 and 1996 to 1991 available, see Origin. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011. Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups. Cat No. 1266.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 21 August 2012. |
Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1998. A Guide to Major ABS Classifications 1998. Cat No. 1291.0. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 4 January 2005. |
Revision status: | Original 1996 - Standard |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups 2005 Community Services (retired), Superseded 07/11/2012 Has been superseded by Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups 2016 Health, Recorded 27/10/2016 |
Value Domains based on this classification scheme: | Religious group code (ASCRG 2011) N[NNN] Community Services (retired), Standard 07/11/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |