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Definition

A person's self-assessed level of ability to speak English, 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 " Proficiency in spoken English code N ".
Data Type NUMBERSTRING
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Very well
2 Well
3 Not well
4 Not at all
Supplementary Values 0 Not applicable
7 Not applicable
9 Not stated/inadequately described
99 Don't know

Comments

For people living in Australia a lack of proficiency in spoken English may impact a person's access to employment, education and other government and non-government services. This data element is used primarily to identify people who may experience disadvantage as a result of a lack of competence in spoken English. This information can be used to assess, measure and monitor service needs.

In conjunction with the data elements Person—Indigenous status, code N, Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN] and Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN; this data element forms the minimum core set of cultural and language variables recommended by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for collection.

Origin

ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) Standards for statistics on cultural and language diversity 1999. ABS cat. no. 1289.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 27 October 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1289.0.

References

ABS 2016. Language standards, 2016. ABS cat. no. 1200.0.55.005. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 27 October 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1200.0.55.005.

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 2
Inclusion in Data Distributions 6
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 2