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Definition

An individual's Aboriginal status, as represented by a grouped label.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Aboriginal Status group label X(42) ".
Data Type CHARACTERSTRING
Format X(42)
Maximum character length 42
Representation Class Label
Values
Value Meaning Definition Start Date End Date
Permissible Values Aboriginal
Non-Aboriginal
Supplementary Values Non-Aboriginal, incl. unknown / not stated

Comments

Source: Childstory. Permissible values are mapped to the grouped values in ABORIGINAL_STATUS_GROUPED.

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2014. Indigenous Status Standard Version 1.5, Canberra. Viewed 29 September 2015, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/
a866861f12e106e0ca256a38002791fa/
5609d66dcc94996eca257d6a000fb3fc!OpenDocument
.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010. National best practice guidelines for collecting Indigenous status in health data sets. Cat. no. IHW 29. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 29 September 2015, http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468342.

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Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 1
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0