Person—marital status, Tasmanian code X{XX}
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Marital status |
METEOR identifier: | 442345 |
Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
Definition: | A person's current relationship status in terms of a couple relationship or, for those not in a couple relationship, the existence of a current or previous registered marriage, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—marital status |
Value Domain: | Tasmanian marital status code X{XX} |
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 de facto 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 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. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Person related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/07/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/04/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 |