Gender code X
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 635944 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 15/02/2022 |
Definition: | A code set representing the distinction between male, female and other genders. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Standard for Sex and Gender Variables includes the following Alternate Code system: M Male F Female X Other For statistical purposes, the following category codes, labels and definitions are preferred: CODE 1 Male Adults who identify themselves as men, and children who identify themselves as boys. CODE 2 Female Adults who identify themselves as women, and children who identify themselves as girls. CODE 3 Other Adults and children who identify as non-binary, gender diverse, or with descriptors other than man/boy or woman/girl. The value meaning of 'Other' has been assigned to Code 3 for this value domain, which replaces 'Gender other/diverse' for the superseded value domain Gender code N. Terms such as ‘gender diverse’, ‘non-binary’, ‘unspecified’, 'trans', 'transgender', 'transsexual', 'gender queer', 'pan-gendered', 'androgynous' and 'inter-gender' are variously used to describe the 'Other' category of gender. Some cultures may have their own terms for gender identities outside male and female. The label ‘Other’ is used because a more descriptive term has not been widely agreed within the general community. |
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Comments: | The ABS will periodically review its Standard for Sex and Gender Variables. This process will specifically investigate the appropriateness of the naming of the 'Other' category. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Standard for Sex and Gender Variables (Cat. no. 1200.0.55.012). Viewed 26 July 2016. Attorney-General's Department 2015. Australian Government Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender. Viewed 26 July 2016. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Gender code N Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Has been superseded by Gender code X Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Qualified 17/01/2024 Health, Standard 15/02/2022 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—gender, code X Health, Superseded 15/02/2022 |