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Definition

The code that represents the person's couple relationship status at a point in time.

Components

Data Element (this item)

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
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
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

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As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0