Definition
The code that represents the person's couple relationship status at a point in time.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptPerson: Relationship Status
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Object ClassPerson
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PropertyRelationship Status
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Value DomainRelationship Status Code N
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Relationship Status Code N ".| Data Type | ALPHANUMERICSTRING |
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| Format | N |
| Maximum character length | 1 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| Permissible Values | 1 | Never married: A person who has never been a partner in a legal or registered marriage. | ||
| 2 | Widowed: A person whose spouse in a registered marriage has died and who has not remarried. | |||
| 3 | Divorced: A person who has formally ended his or her legal or registered marriage by legal means and who has not remarried. People who have obtained a decree nisi are considered to be divorced. | |||
| 4 | Separated: A person who was a partner in a legal, registered or de facto marriage, but has left their spouse and not yet divorced. | |||
| 5 | Married (registered and de facto) LEGACY DEFINITION: This is a legacy definition and should not be used in new collections. | |||
| 6 | De facto marriage: The relationship between two people who live together in a couple relationship who are not registered as being married to each other. | |||
| 7 | Registered marriage: A person is considered to be in a registered relationship with another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) if the relationship is registered under a prescribed law of a state or territory in Australia prescribed for the purposes of section 22B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901) | |||
| 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
The ABS standards identify two concepts of marital status:
- Registered marital status - defined as whether a person has, or has had, a registered marriage;
- Social marital status - based on a person's living arrangement (including de facto marriages)
References
STANDARDS AUSTRALIA 2017. AS 4590_2017 INTERCHANGE OF CLIENT INFORMATION. SYDNEY: STANDARDS AUSTRALIA