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Person: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background, Yes/No/Not Known Code N(2)

Definition

A code that indicates a person's cultural and linguistic background, based on whether or not they were born in a country other than Australia, have a cultural background other than Australian and can speak languages other than English.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background, Yes/No/Not Known Code N(2)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/No/Not Known Code N(2) ".
Data Type CODE
Format N
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 0 No
1 Yes
Supplementary Values 99 Not Known

Comments

Code 99 is used when "Country of Birth" is not known.

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 2
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0