Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 269744 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2006 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 |
Definition:![]() | The language (including sign language) most preferred by the person for communication. |
Context:![]() | Health and welfare services: An important indicator of ethnicity, especially for persons born in non-English-speaking countries. Its collection will assist in the planning and provision of multilingual services and facilitate program and service delivery for migrants and other non-English speakers. |