Definition
Representation
| Data Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Format | NNNN |
| Maximum character length | 4 |
Values
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permissible Values | 1 | Couple family with no children | ||
| 2 | Couple family with children | |||
| 3 | One parent family | |||
| 9 | Other family | |||
| Supplementary Values | 8 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
Guide for use:
Children refers to children of any age, dependent and non-dependent.
The basis of a family is formed by identifying the presence of a couple relationship, lone parent-child relationship or other blood relationship. Some households will, therefore, contain more than one family.
The classification is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Standards for Statistics on Families (ABS Cat. No. 1286.0) which contains a 4-level hierarchical classification. Only level 1 of this classification has been adopted for this metadata item. If individual agencies need to classify family types at a lower level of detail than specified in this metadata item (for example, if they wish to split children into dependent and non-dependent children), they should ensure that the more detailed ABS classification is used.
CODE 8 Not stated/inadequately described
This code is not for use on primary collection forms. It is primarily for use in administrative collections when transferring data from data sets where the metadata item has not been collected.
Origin:
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Family, household and income unit variables. Cat. no. 1286.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed on 29/09/2006
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 0 |