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Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 042976 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
23-Mar-2020
Current
16-Mar-2021
Standard
Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health
01-Jul-2019
A person's current relationship status in terms of a couple relationship or, for those not in a couple relationship, the existence of a current or previous registered marriage.
Statistical and administrative purposes
Marital status (reporting)
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Never married
2Married (registered or defacto)
3Widowed
4Divorced
5Separated
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
9Not stated/unknown
Collection and Usage Attributes
Refers to the current marital status of a person.

Code 2 Married (registered and de facto)
Includes people who have been divorced or widowed but have since re-married, and should be generally accepted as applicable to all de facto couples, including of the same sex.

Code 3 Widowed
This code usually refers to registered marriages but when self-reported may also refer to de facto marriages.

Code 5 Separated
This code refers to registered marriages but when self-reported may also refer to de facto marriages.

Code 9 Not stated/unknown
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 item has not been collected.
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) and Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC):
Must not be null.
Validated against list of marital status codes.
This metadata item collects information on social marital status. The recommended question is:

Do you/Does the person usually live with a partner in a registered or de facto marriage?
Yes, in a registered marriage
Yes, in a de facto marriage
No, never married
No, separated
No, divorced
No, widowed

Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
Record the relevant marital status code which most closely describes the persons' marital status at time of admission.

For HBCIS Hospitals, the value domains are mapped as follows:
Code A Separated is mapped to code 5 Separated.
Code D Divorced is mapped to code 4 Divorced.
Code F De facto is mapped to code 2 Married (registered or defacto).
Code M Married is mapped to code 2 Married (registered or defacto).
Code NM Never married is mapped to code 1 Never married.
Code W Widowed is mapped to code 3 Widowed.
Code N Not stated is mapped to code 9 Not stated/unknown.

For national reporting of the Person-marital status (NHDD) data element, the following mapping applies:
Code 1 Never married is mapped to code 1 Never married.
Code 2 Married (registered or defacto) is mapped to code 5 Married (registered and de facto).
Code 3 Widowed is mapped to code 2 Widowed.
Code 4 Divorced is mapped to code 3 Divorced.
Code 5 Separated is mapped to code 4 Separated.
Code 9 Not stated/unknown is mapped to code 6 Not stated/inadequately described.
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), as reported by the person.
It is recommended that the social marital status concept be collected when information on social support/home arrangements is sought, whereas the registered marital status concept need only be collected where it is specifically required for the purposes of the collection.
While marital status is an important factor in assessing the type and extent of support needs, such as for the elderly living in the home environment, marital status does not adequately address the need for information about social support and living arrangement and other data elements need to be formulated to capture this information.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Is mappable fromData ElementData ElementPerson-marital status (HBCIS)QH 041941 Version 2Current
Is related but not equivalent toData ElementData ElementPerson (death record)-marital status (RBDM)QH 040728 Version 2Draft
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Cancer Register (QCR) Data CollectionQH 020002 Version 3MandatoryDraft01-Jul-2021
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Cancer Register (QCR) Data CollectionQH 020002 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201930-Jun-2021
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020581 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020692 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2021-2022QH 020780 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202130-Jun-2022
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2022-2023QH 0139401 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-202230-Jun-2023
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020582 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020693 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2021-2022QH 020781 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202130-Jun-2022
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2022-2023QH 0140697 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-202230-Jun-2023
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)QH 020003 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) Mother Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020569 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) Mother Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020711 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Person-marital status, Identifier 291045, Health standard 04/05/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/291045/meteorItemView/long