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Definition

An indication of an individual's cultural and linguistic background, based on whether or not they were born in a country other than Australia, have a cultural background other than Australian, can speak languages other than English, recorded as a code set representing 'yes' and 'no'.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/No Code A ".
Data Type ALPHASTRING
Format A
Maximum character length 11
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values Y Yes
N No
U Unknown
Supplementary Values MISSING Missing
Not Entered

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 3
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0