Person—sex, code A
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Sex (alphabetic code) |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 602450 |
Registration status:![]() | Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 14/10/2015 |
Definition:![]() | The biological distinction between male and female, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—sex |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 269716 |
Registration status:![]() | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 14/10/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Health!, Superseded 11/05/2017 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 09/01/2018 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 |
Definition:![]() | Sex is the biological distinction between male and female. Where there is an inconsistency between anatomical and chromosomal characteristics, sex is based on anatomical characteristics. |
Context:![]() | Sex is a core metadata item in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics. |
Object class:![]() | Person |
Property:![]() | Sex |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Sex code A |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 602447 |
Registration status:![]() | Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 14/10/2015 |
Definition:![]() | A code set representing the biological distinction between male, female, and intersex or indeterminate. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin:![]() | Australian Capital Territory 2003. Legislation (Gay, Lesbian and Transgender) Amendment Act 2003. |
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Reference documents:![]() | Legislation (Gay, Lesbian and Transgender) Amendment Act 2003. See http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2003-14/20030328-4969/pdf/2003-14.pdf. |