Person—marital status, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Marital status |
Synonymous names: | Marital status |
METEOR identifier: | 270060 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 04/05/2005 Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 |
Data Element Concept: | Person—marital status |
Value Domain: | Marital status code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | The ABS standards for the collection of Social and Registered marital status appear on the ABS Website. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Family, household and income unit variables. Cat. no. 1286.0. Canberra: ABS. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | This metadata item collects information on social marital status. The recommended question module is: Do you/Does the person usually live with a partner in a registered or de facto marriage? Yes, in a registered marriage Yes, in a defacto marriage No, never married No, separated No, divorced No, widowed It should be noted that information on marital status is collected differently by the ABS, using a set of questions. However, the question outlined above is suitable and mostly sufficient for use within the health and community services fields. See below (Source document) for information on how to access the ABS standards. While agencies are encouraged to use the recommended question described above, it is acknowledged that this is not always possible in practice. For example, where the data collection is a by-product of the provision of a health or community service, the information may be ascertained using different means. However, the recommended question should be used wherever practically possible. |
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Comments: | The ABS standards identify two concepts of marital status:
It is recommended that the social marital status concept be collected when information on social support/home arrangements is sought, whereas the registered marital status concept need only be collected where it is specifically required for the purposes of the collection. While marital status is an important factor in assessing the type and extent of support needs, such as for the elderly living in the home environment, marital status does not adequately address the need for information about social support and living arrangement and other data elements need to be formulated to capture this information. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Data Standards Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—marital status, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 04/05/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 Is re-engineered from Marital status, version 4, DE, Int. NCSDD & NHDD, NCSIMG & NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (19.8 KB) No registration status |