Definition
The Demographics Cluster defines demographic information relating to both recipients of Centrelink benefits and their partners. The information includes: age, country of birth, citizenship, gender, Indigenous status, refugee status, preferred and spoken language and marital status.
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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PIA_Person—citizenship country (abbreviated), code AA
Specific Information:
Although an individual can have up to 7 citizenships, the PIA research DSS only displays the first country of citizenship. This country has been aggregated to Australia, New Zealand or Other. Country of citizenship refers to the variable CITIZENSHIP in the PIA research data set. |
String | 2 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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Person—citizenship country, total number N
Specific Information:
Only whole numbers between 1 and 7 inclusive can be recorded for this data element. Number of citizenships refers to the variable CTZN_NUMBER in the PIA research data set. |
Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—citizenship date of effect (abbreviated), MMYYYY
Specific Information:
Citizenship date of effect refers to the variable CTRY_CTZN_DOE in the PIA research data set. |
Date/Time | 6 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN
Specific Information:
Country of birth refers to the variable BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set. |
Number | 4 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—country of residence, code (SACC 2016) NNNN
Specific Information:
Country of residence refers to the variable ADDR_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set. |
Number | 4 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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Specific Information:
An abbreviated date of birth (MMYYYY) is used to protect the privacy of recipients. Date of birth refers to the variable DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set. |
mandatory | 1 | ||||
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PIA_Person—date of death (abbreviated), MMYYYY
Specific Information:
Date of death refers to the variable DOD_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on the death flag indicating a person's death. |
Date/Time | 6 | conditional | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—Indigenous status (abbreviated), code A
Specific Information:
Indigenous status refers to the variable INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set. |
String | - | mandatory | 1 | ||
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Person—marital status, recipient code AAA
Specific Information:
Marital status refers to the variable MARITAL_STS_CODE in the PIA research data set. |
String | 3 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—partner refugee indicator, yes/missing code A
Specific Information:
Partner refugee indicator refers to the variable PTNR_REFUGEE_STS in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on a person having a partner. |
String | 1 | conditional | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—partner's country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN
Specific Information:
Partner's country of birth refers to the variable PTNR_BIRTH_CTRY_CODE in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on a person having a partner. |
Number | 4 | conditional | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—partner's date of birth (abbreviated), MMYYYY
Specific Information:
Partner's date of birth refers to the variable PTNR_DOB_SHORT in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on a person having a partner. |
Date/Time | 6 | conditional | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—partner's Indigenous status, code A
Specific Information:
Partner's Indigenous status refers to the variable PTN_INDIG_STS in the PIA research data set.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on a person having a partner. |
String | - | conditional | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—partner's sex/gender, code A
Specific Information:
Partner's sex/gender refers to the variables PTNR_GENDER in the PIA research data set. The data are collected as ‘sex’ but interpreted as ‘gender’. Values may change over time if an individual’s gender identity alters during their lifetime.
Conditional Inclusion:
Conditional on a person having a partner. |
String | 1 | conditional | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—preferred spoken language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]
Specific Information:
Preferred spoken language refers to the variables LANG_CODE in the PIA research data set. |
Number | 4 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—preferred written language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]
Specific Information:
Preferred written language refers to the variables PREF_LANG_LANG in the PIA research data set. |
Number | 4 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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Person—refugee indicator, yes/missing code A
Specific Information:
Refugee indicator refers to the variable REFUGEE in the PIA research data set. |
String | 1 | mandatory | 1 | ||
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PIA_Person—sex/gender, code A
Specific Information:
Sex/gender refers to the variable GENDER in the PIA research data set. The data are collected as ‘sex’ but interpreted as ‘gender’. Values may change over time if an individual’s gender identity alters during their lifetime. |
String | 1 | mandatory | 1 |
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |
Contained in the following datasets
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Priority investment approach research DSS
Statuses: UnregisteredThe Priority Investment Approach (PIA) research data set specification (DSS) defines longitudinal social security information related to Centrelink recipients and their...(mandatory)