Person—Indigenous status, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Indigenous status |
Synonymous names: | Indigenous status |
METEOR identifier: | 270157 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 04/05/2005 Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 |
Data Element Concept: | Person—Indigenous status |
Value Domain: | Indigenous status code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | The standard question for Indigenous Status is as follows: [Are you] [Is the person] [Is (name)] of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin? (For persons of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, mark both 'Yes' boxes.) No.................................................... Yes, Aboriginal............................... Yes, Torres Strait Islander............ This question is recommended for self-enumerated or interview-based collections. It can also be used in circumstances where a close relative, friend, or another member of the household is answering on behalf of the subject. It is strongly recommended that this question be asked directly wherever possible. When someone is not present, the person answering for them should be in a position to do so, i.e. this person must know well the person about whom the question is being asked and feel confident to provide accurate information about them. This question must always be asked regardless of data collectors' perceptions based on appearance or other factors. The Indigenous status question allows for more than one response. The procedure for coding multiple responses is as follows: If the respondent marks 'No' and either 'Aboriginal' or 'Torres Strait Islander', then the response should be coded to either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander as indicated (i.e. disregard the 'No' response). If the respondent marks both the 'Aboriginal' and 'Torres Strait Islander' boxes, then their response should be coded to 'Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin'. If the respondent marks all three boxes ('No', 'Aboriginal' and 'Torres Strait Islander'), then the response should be coded to 'Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin' (i.e. disregard the 'No' response). This approach may be problematical in some data collections, for example when data are collected by interview or using screen based data capture systems. An additional response category Yes, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... May be included if this better suits the data collection practices of the agency or establishment concerned. |
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Comments: | This metadata item is common to both the National Community Services Data Dictionary and the National Health Data Dictionary. The following definition, commonly known as 'The Commonwealth Definition', was given in a High Court judgement in the case of Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 46 ALR 625. 'An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives'. There are three components to the Commonwealth definition:
In practice, it is not feasible to collect information on the community acceptance part of this definition in general purpose statistical and administrative collections and therefore standard questions on Indigenous status relate to descent and self-identification only. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Data Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 1999. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra. Viewed 3 August 2005, http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/66f306f503e529a5ca25697e0017661f/204de801c48453e4ca25697e0018fe46!OpenDocument |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—Indigenous status, code N Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health!, Superseded 19/11/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014 Has been superseded by Person—Indigenous status, code N Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Health!, Superseded 19/11/2015 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 04/03/2014 Is re-engineered from Indigenous status, version 5, DE, Int. NCSDD & NHDD, NCSIMG & NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (24.1 KB) No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Health care client identification Health!, Superseded 04/05/2005 |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
Indigenous primary health care: PI23a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had a blood pressure measurement result recorded, 2012 Health!, Superseded 23/02/2012 Indigenous primary health care: PI23a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had a blood pressure measurement result recorded, 2013 Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous primary health care: PI23a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had a blood pressure measurement result recorded, 2014 Health!, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous primary health care: PI23b-Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had a blood pressure measurement result recorded, 2012 Health!, Superseded 23/02/2012 Indigenous primary health care: PI23b-Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had a blood pressure measurement result recorded, 2013 Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous primary health care: PI23b-Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had a blood pressure measurement result recorded, 2014 Health!, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous primary health care: PI24a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose blood pressure measurement result was less than or equal to 130/80 mmHg, 2012 Health!, Superseded 23/02/2012 Indigenous primary health care: PI24a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose blood pressure measurement result was less than or equal to 130/80 mmHg, 2013 Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous primary health care: PI24a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose blood pressure measurement result was less than or equal to 130/80 mmHg, 2014 Health!, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous primary health care: PI24b-Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose blood pressure measurement result was less than or equal to 130/80 mmHg, 2012 Health!, Superseded 23/02/2012 Indigenous primary health care: PI24b-Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose blood pressure measurement result was less than or equal to 130/80 mmHg, 2013 Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous primary health care: PI24b-Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes whose blood pressure measurement result was less than or equal to 130/80 mmHg, 2014 Health!, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 National Disability Agreement: f(1)-Rate of non-Indigenous persons and Indigenous persons admitted to permanent residential aged care, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 National Disability Agreement: f(2)-Number of non-Indigenous persons and Indigenous persons receiving permanent residential aged care services, 2013 Community Services (retired), Standard 23/05/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2015 Health!, Superseded 08/07/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks, 2013 Health!, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks, 2014 Health!, Superseded 14/01/2015
Used as Disaggregation
National Disability Agreement: j-Proportion of people with disability receiving income support, 2011 Community Services (retired), Superseded 05/03/2012 National Disability Agreement: j-Proportion of people with disability receiving income support, 2012 Community Services (retired), Superseded 23/05/2013 National Healthcare Agreement: PB e-Better health: by 2018, reduce the national smoking rate to 10 per cent of the population and halve the Indigenous smoking rate over the 2009 baseline, 2014 Health!, Superseded 14/01/2015 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2015 Health!, Superseded 08/07/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks, 2013 Health!, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks, 2014 Health!, Superseded 14/01/2015
Used as Denominator
Indigenous primary health care: PI08b-Proportion of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a Team Care Arrangement (MBS Item 723) was claimed, 2014 Health!, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous primary health care: PI08b-Proportion of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a Team Care Arrangement (MBS Item 723) was claimed, 2015 Health!, Superseded 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017 Indigenous primary health care: PI08b-Proportion of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a Team Care Arrangement (MBS Item 723) was claimed, 2015-2017 Health!, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 Indigenous primary health care: PI08b-Proportion of regular clients with a chronic disease who have received a Team Care Arrangement (MBS Item 723), 2012 Health!, Superseded 23/02/2012 Indigenous primary health care: PI08b-Proportion of regular clients with a chronic disease who have received a Team Care Arrangement (MBS Item 723), 2013 Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 |