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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)

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