Recipient—blindness indicator, code A
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Blindness indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 639240 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a recipient is blind, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Recipient—blindness indicator |
Value Domain: | Blindness code A |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | A | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | Y | Blind |
Missing | No Value |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Social Services |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data element should be used in conjunction with the Recipient—blindness start date, MMYYYY data element. This medical condition is considered to be a manifest disability for the payment of Disability Support Pension (DSP). Age Pension or DSP recipients are exempt from the means test if they are permanently blind and are not receiving Rent Assistance. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Social Services |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Recipient—blindness start date, MMYYYY Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Disability Cluster Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 DSS specific information: Blindness indicator refers to the variable BLIND_IND in the PIA research data set. |