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Definition

Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Indigenous status code 0.1 ".
Data Type String
Format A
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values A Aboriginal
B Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
C Aboriginal and South Sea Islander
D Do not wish to answer
E Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander
F Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander
G South Sea Islander and not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
H Do not wish to answer but is a South Sea Islander
N Not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or South Sea Islander
S South Sea Islander
T Torres Strait Islander
X ATO Customer wasn't asked
Z ATO Customer wasn't asked and South Sea Islander
Supplementary Values A; B; C; E; F; T Indigenous
[blank]; D; G; H; N; S; X; Z Not Identified Indigenous

Comments

Indigenous status refers to the variable INDIG_CODE in the DOMINO longitudinal data set.

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 2
Inclusion in Data Distributions 11
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0