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Definition

The code that represents the behavioural, cultural or psychological traits associated with the sex that a person identifies with.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Gender Code N ".
Data Type NUMBERSTRING
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Male - Persons who identify themselves as being male.
2 Female - Persons who identify themselves as being female.
3 Non-binary - Persons who do not exclusively identify as either male or female.
9 Not stated/Inadequately described

References

Attorney-General's Department 2013, Australian Government guidelines on the recognition of sex and gender, Commonwealth of Australia, July 2013.

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 1
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0