Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Proficiency in spoken English |
METEOR identifier: | 695981 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | A person's self-assessed level of ability to speak English, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—proficiency in spoken English |
Value Domain: | Proficiency in spoken English code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Origin: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Standards for statistics on cultural and language diversity 1999. ABS cat. no. 1289.0. Canberra: ABS.Viewed 27 October 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/mf/1289.0. |
Reference documents: | ABS 2016. Language standards, 2016. ABS cat. no. 1200.0.55.005. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 27 October 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/1200.0.55.005. |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | This data element is only intended to be collected for people whose first language spoken is a language other than English, or who speak a language other than English at home. There are 2 standard question modules for collecting proficiency in spoken English: self-enumerated surveys and surveys conducted by interview. Self-enumerated survey: Question: How well [do you] [does the person] speak English?
Interview-based survey: Question: Do you consider [you speak] [(name)] speaks] English very well, well, not well or not at all?
Generally this would be a self-reported question, but in some circumstances (particularly where a person does not speak English well) assistance may be required in answering this question. It is important that the person's self-assessed proficiency in spoken English be recorded wherever possible. The standard question modules for proficiency in spoken English should be asked after a language question which identifies people who speak a language other than English. This can be done using the following variables:
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Comments: | For people living in Australia a lack of proficiency in spoken English may impact a person's access to employment, education and other government and non-government services. This data element is used primarily to identify people who may experience disadvantage as a result of a lack of competence in spoken English. This information can be used to assess, measure and monitor service needs. In conjunction with the data elements Person—Indigenous status, code N, Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] and Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN; this data element forms the minimum core set of cultural and language variables recommended by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for collection. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Standards for statistics on cultural and language diversity 1999. ABS cat. no. 1289.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 27 October 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/mf/1289.0. |
Reference documents: | ABS 2016. Language standards, 2016. ABS cat. no. 1200.0.55.005. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 27 October 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/1200.0.55.005. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006 See also Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 Disability, Standard 15/12/2017 Health!, Standard 06/12/2016 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 See also Person—first language spoken, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN} Community Services (retired), Standard 13/10/2011 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 13/10/2011 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 13/10/2011 See also Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021 Health!, Standard 25/01/2018 Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is conditional on the client speaking a language other than English at home. The data element Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] must receive a response of Yes, other - please specify for this data to be collected. This data element is also only collected for clients aged 5 years and over. For clients who respond to the data element Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] No, English only and for clients aged less than 5 a Not applicable response is recorded. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. This collection records a response of Don't know (Code 99) which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (Code 9) in the Standard. This collection records a response of Not applicable (Code 0) which is equivalent to the code Not applicable (Code 7) in the Standard. |