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Data Element Detail

Marital status
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040005 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Jul-1998		Superseded
28-May-2014
Standard
01-Jul-1998
28-May-2014
Marital status of the person.
Marital status is a core data element in a wide range of social, labour and demographic statistics. Its main purpose is to establish the living arrangements of individuals, to facilitate analysis of the association of marital status with the need for and use of services and for epidemiological analysis.
Marital status
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Never married
2Married/de facto
3Widowed
4Divorced
5Separated
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
9Not stated/unknown
Collection and Usage Attributes
Separated includes legally and/or socially separated persons, but not people temporarily living apart.

The category Married/de facto should be generally accepted as applicable to all de facto couples, including of the same sex.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementMarital statusQH 040005 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Cancer Registry (QCR) Data CollectionQH 020002 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-199828-May-2014
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-199828-May-2014
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)QH 020003 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-199828-May-2014
Source and Reference Attributes
Marital status;